XWiki Syntax Guide
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2014/06/29 19:30

Table of Contents
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XWiki Syntax 2.1

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GeneralIntroduction
Introduction
General Remarks
General Remarks
Other Syntaxes
Other Syntaxes
EditingParagraphs
Paragraphs
Headings
Headings
Text Formatting
Text Formatting
Horizontal Line
Horizontal Line
Lists
Lists
Definition Lists
Definition Lists
New Line/Line Breaks
New Line/Line Breaks
Links
Links
Tables
Tables
Images
Images
AdvancedVerbatim
Verbatim
Quotations
Quotations
Groups
Groups
Escapes
Escapes
Parameters
Parameters
ProgrammingMacros
Macros
HTML
HTML
Scripts
Scripts

General

Introduction

2.1 Introduction
Since the introduction of XWiki Syntax 2.0 a few shortcomings of this syntax have been found. To fix these a new, as of now experimental, XWiki Syntax 2.1 was introduced in XWiki Enterprise version 3.0. Some reason for the development of this new syntax are:
Homogenize the link and image syntax for better clarity, consistency and extensibility.
Added ability to display icons, to link to files using the UNC notation and to link to relative URLs.
Since XWiki Syntax 2.1 is based on XWiki Syntax 2.0 all syntax from XWiki Syntax 2.0 is valid unless the 2.1 specifications suggest differently.
In addition to these XWiki-specific syntaxes we’ve also changed our underlying rendering engine in XWiki Enterprise version 1.7 (was Radeox previously) in favor of our own engine which is superset wrapper around Wikimodel and Doxia (and possibly others in the future).  This has allowed us to provide other syntaxes in the wiki: MediaWiki, Confluence, JSPWiki, Creole, TWiki and more.

Introduction

2.1 Introduction
Since the introduction of XWiki Syntax 2.0 a few shortcomings of this syntax have been found. To fix these a new, as of now experimental, XWiki Syntax 2.1 was introduced in XWiki Enterprise version 3.0. Some reason for the development of this new syntax are:
Homogenize the link and image syntax for better clarity, consistency and extensibility.
Added ability to display icons, to link to files using the UNC notation and to link to relative URLs.
Since XWiki Syntax 2.1 is based on XWiki Syntax 2.0 all syntax from XWiki Syntax 2.0 is valid unless the 2.1 specifications suggest differently.
In addition to these XWiki-specific syntaxes we’ve also changed our underlying rendering engine in XWiki Enterprise version 1.7 (was Radeox previously) in favor of our own engine which is superset wrapper around Wikimodel and Doxia (and possibly others in the future).  This has allowed us to provide other syntaxes in the wiki: MediaWiki, Confluence, JSPWiki, Creole, TWiki and more.

General Remarks

2.0 General Remarks
XWiki Syntax 2.1 corrects some errors or ambiguous syntax entered by the user as shown in the examples in the table below.
Description	Example of invalid or ambiguous syntax	Fixed XWiki Syntax 2.1	
Unclosed text styles	**bold	**bold**	
Two standalone elements not separated by 2 new lines	| table cell
* list item	| table cell
* list item	
Two standalone elements not separated by 2 new lines	paragraph
----
paragraph	paragraph
----
paragraph	
Ignored new line at beginning of document	<new line at beginning of document>
paragraph	paragraph	
Not closed heading syntax	=== heading	=== heading ===	

General Remarks

2.0 General Remarks
XWiki Syntax 2.1 corrects some errors or ambiguous syntax entered by the user as shown in the examples in the table below.
Description	Example of invalid or ambiguous syntax	Fixed XWiki Syntax 2.1	
Unclosed text styles	**bold	**bold**	
Two standalone elements not separated by 2 new lines	| table cell
* list item	| table cell
* list item	
Two standalone elements not separated by 2 new lines	paragraph
----
paragraph	paragraph
----
paragraph	
Ignored new line at beginning of document	<new line at beginning of document>
paragraph	paragraph	
Not closed heading syntax	=== heading	=== heading ===	

Other Syntaxes

1.0 Other Syntaxes
The following other syntaxes are implemented in XWiki Enterprise 1.6 and later:
JSPWiki
MediaWiki
Confluence
TWiki
Creole 1.0
XHTML 1.0
The implementation for these syntaxes is not fully finished yet. For example support for links is not working perfectly yet. We also need to define if we want to extend the original syntaxes to support XWiki-specific features like ability to link to another sub-wiki.

Other Syntaxes

1.0 Other Syntaxes
The following other syntaxes are implemented in XWiki Enterprise 1.6 and later:
JSPWiki
MediaWiki
Confluence
TWiki
Creole 1.0
XHTML 1.0
The implementation for these syntaxes is not fully finished yet. For example support for links is not working perfectly yet. We also need to define if we want to extend the original syntaxes to support XWiki-specific features like ability to link to another sub-wiki.

Editing

Paragraphs

2.0 Paragraphs
Paragraphs are text elements separated by 2 or more new lines.
In XWiki Syntax 2.1 new lines are honored which is not the case in XWiki Syntax 1.0 and in Creole Syntax.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Simple paragraph	This is a paragraph	This is a paragraph	
Paragraph on multiple lines	Paragraph on
multiple lines	Paragraph on
multiple lines	
Two paragraphs	Paragraph one
Paragraph two	Paragraph one
Paragraph two	
Parametrized paragraph	(% style=”text-align:center;color:blue” %)
Centered and blue paragraph	Centered and blue paragraph	

Paragraphs

2.0 Paragraphs
Paragraphs are text elements separated by 2 or more new lines.
In XWiki Syntax 2.1 new lines are honored which is not the case in XWiki Syntax 1.0 and in Creole Syntax.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Simple paragraph	This is a paragraph	This is a paragraph	
Paragraph on multiple lines	Paragraph on
multiple lines	Paragraph on
multiple lines	
Two paragraphs	Paragraph one
Paragraph two	Paragraph one
Paragraph two	
Parametrized paragraph	(% style=”text-align:center;color:blue” %)
Centered and blue paragraph	Centered and blue paragraph	

Headings

2.0 Headings
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Standard headings	= level 1 = 
== level 2 ==
=== level 3 ===
==== level 4 ====
===== level 5 =====
====== level 6 ======

level 1

level 2

level 3
level 4
level 5
level 6
	
Parameterized headings	(% style=”color:blue” %)
= heading =	
heading
	
Headings with XWiki Syntax	=== Heading with **bold** ===	
Heading with bold

Headings

2.0 Headings
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Standard headings	= level 1 = 
== level 2 ==
=== level 3 ===
==== level 4 ====
===== level 5 =====
====== level 6 ======

level 1

level 2

level 3
level 4
level 5
level 6
	
Parameterized headings	(% style=”color:blue” %)
= heading =	
heading
	
Headings with XWiki Syntax	=== Heading with **bold** ===	
Heading with bold

Text Formatting

2.0 Text Formatting
New in XWiki Syntax 2.1 over XWiki Syntax 1.0:
Spaces are allowed just after the syntax symbols (for example in XWiki Syntax 1.0, this was not possible: * bold *).
Use double symbols when there was only a single symbol in XWiki Syntax 1.0 so that it’s less likely that the user will mistakenly use them in text.
Ability to span several lines (wasn’t possible in XWiki Syntax 1.0).
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Bold	**bold**	bold	
Underline	__underline__	underline	
Italics	//italic//	italic	
Striked out	--strike--	strike	
Monospace	##monospace##	monospace	
Superscript	some ^^superscript^^	some superscript	
Subscript	some ,,subscript,,	some subscript	

Text Formatting

2.0 Text Formatting
New in XWiki Syntax 2.1 over XWiki Syntax 1.0:
Spaces are allowed just after the syntax symbols (for example in XWiki Syntax 1.0, this was not possible: * bold *).
Use double symbols when there was only a single symbol in XWiki Syntax 1.0 so that it’s less likely that the user will mistakenly use them in text.
Ability to span several lines (wasn’t possible in XWiki Syntax 1.0).
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Bold	**bold**	bold	
Underline	__underline__	underline	
Italics	//italic//	italic	
Striked out	--strike--	strike	
Monospace	##monospace##	monospace	
Superscript	some ^^superscript^^	some superscript	
Subscript	some ,,subscript,,	some subscript	

Horizontal Line

2.0 Horizontal Line
There must be 4 or more dashes.
Note that this is different from Creole where exactly 4 dashes are required.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Simple horizontal line	----		
Parametrized horizontal line	(% style=”color:blue” %)
----

Horizontal Line

2.0 Horizontal Line
There must be 4 or more dashes.
Note that this is different from Creole where exactly 4 dashes are required.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Simple horizontal line	----		
Parametrized horizontal line	(% style=”color:blue” %)
----

Lists

2.0 Lists
Some of the mentioned styles do not work on all browsers. For a comprehensive list follow this link.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Bulleted list	* item 1
** item 2
*** item 3
* item 4

	item 1item 2item 3
item 4
	
Numbered list	1. item 1
11. item 2
111. item 3
1. item 4

	· 	item 1item 2item 3
· 	item 4
· 		
Mixed list	1. item 1
1*. item 2
1*. item 3
1. item 4

	· 	item 1item 2
item 3
item 4
· 		
Square list	(% style=”list-style-type: square” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Disc list	(% style=”list-style-type: disc” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Lowercase Alphabetical list	(% style=”list-style-type: lower-alpha” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Uppercase Alphabetical list	(% style=”list-style-type: upper-alpha” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Lowercase Roman list	(% style=”list-style-type: lower-roman” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Uppercase Roman list	(% style=”list-style-type: upper-roman” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Lowercase Greek list	(% style=”list-style-type: lower-greek” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Uppercase Greek list	(% style=”list-style-type: upper-greek” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Hiragana list	(% style=”list-style-type: hiragana” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Hiragana Iroah list	(% style=”list-style-type: hiragana-iroha” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Katakana list	(% style=”list-style-type: katakana” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Katakana Iroha list	(% style=”list-style-type: katakana-iroha” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Armenian list	(% style=”list-style-type: armenian” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Hebrew list	(% style=”list-style-type: hebrew” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Georgian list	(% style=”list-style-type: georgian” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
CJK ideographic list	(% style=”list-style-type: cjk-ideographic” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2

Lists

2.0 Lists
Some of the mentioned styles do not work on all browsers. For a comprehensive list follow this link.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Bulleted list	* item 1
** item 2
*** item 3
* item 4

	item 1item 2item 3
item 4
	
Numbered list	1. item 1
11. item 2
111. item 3
1. item 4

	· 	item 1item 2item 3
· 	item 4
· 		
Mixed list	1. item 1
1*. item 2
1*. item 3
1. item 4

	· 	item 1item 2
item 3
item 4
· 		
Square list	(% style=”list-style-type: square” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Disc list	(% style=”list-style-type: disc” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Lowercase Alphabetical list	(% style=”list-style-type: lower-alpha” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Uppercase Alphabetical list	(% style=”list-style-type: upper-alpha” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Lowercase Roman list	(% style=”list-style-type: lower-roman” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Uppercase Roman list	(% style=”list-style-type: upper-roman” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Lowercase Greek list	(% style=”list-style-type: lower-greek” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Uppercase Greek list	(% style=”list-style-type: upper-greek” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Hiragana list	(% style=”list-style-type: hiragana” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Hiragana Iroah list	(% style=”list-style-type: hiragana-iroha” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Katakana list	(% style=”list-style-type: katakana” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Katakana Iroha list	(% style=”list-style-type: katakana-iroha” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Armenian list	(% style=”list-style-type: armenian” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Hebrew list	(% style=”list-style-type: hebrew” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
Georgian list	(% style=”list-style-type: georgian” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2
	
CJK ideographic list	(% style=”list-style-type: cjk-ideographic” %)
* item 1
* item 2

	item 1
item 2

Definition Lists

2.0 Definition Lists
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Standard definition	; term
: definition

	term
definition
	
Nested definitions	; term 1
: definition 1
:; term 2
:: definition 2

	term 1
definition 1
term 2
definition 2
	
Parametrized definition	(% style=”color:blue” %)
; term
: definition

	term
definition

Definition Lists

2.0 Definition Lists
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Standard definition	; term
: definition

	term
definition
	
Nested definitions	; term 1
: definition 1
:; term 2
:: definition 2

	term 1
definition 1
term 2
definition 2
	
Parametrized definition	(% style=”color:blue” %)
; term
: definition

	term
definition

New Line/Line Breaks

2.0 New Line Line Breaks
A new line is a carriage return. A line break is a forced new line that can appear anywhere in the text.
In XWiki Syntax 2.1 new lines are honored which is not the case in XWiki Syntax 1.0 and in Creole Syntax.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Line break	Line\ \ New line	Line
New line	
New line	Line
New line	Line
New line	

New Line/Line Breaks

2.0 New Line Line Breaks
A new line is a carriage return. A line break is a forced new line that can appear anywhere in the text.
In XWiki Syntax 2.1 new lines are honored which is not the case in XWiki Syntax 1.0 and in Creole Syntax.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Line break	Line\ \ New line	Line
New line	
New line	Line
New line	Line
New line	

Links

2.1 Links
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Link to a page in the current Space	[[WebHome]]	WebHome	
Link with a label	[[label>>WebHome]]
XWiki Syntax is supported inside link labels.
	label	
Link with XWiki Syntax in the label	[[**bold label**>>WebHome]]	bold label	
Link to a page with the space specified	[[Main.WebHome]]	WebHome	
Link to a subwiki	[[subwiki:Main.WebHome]]	WebHome	
Link that opens in a new window	[[label>>WebHome||rel=”__blank”]]	label	
Link to a URL directly in the text	This is a URL: http://xwiki.org	This is a URL: http://xwiki.org	
Link to a URL	[[http://xwiki.org]]	http://xwiki.org	
Link to a URL with a label	[[XWiki>>http://xwiki.org]]	XWiki	
Link to an email address	[[john@smith.net>>mailto:john@smith.net]]	john@smith.net	
Image Link	[[image:Space2.Page2@img.png>>Space1.Page1]]		
Image Link with image parameters	[[[[image:Space2.Page2@img.png||width=”26” height=”26”]]>>Space1.Page1]]		
Link to an attachment on the current page	[[text>>attach:img.png]]	text	
Link to an attachment in a different page	[[text>>attach:Space.Page@img.png]]	text	
Link to an Anchor in a page	[[label>>Space.Page||anchor=anchor]]	label	
Link to a Heading in a page	[[label>>XWiki.XWikiSyntax||anchor=HMyheading]]	label	
When you add a Heading, an anchor named “H” followed by the heading title with only alpha characters is created. For example, for a Heading named “My heading”, the generated anchor will be “HMyheading”.
XWiki Syntax 2.1 Link Specification
The part in ( ) is required, while the parts in [ ] are optional.
The full format of a link is [label>>] (resource) [||parameters]
label: An optional string which will be displayed to the user as the link name when rendered. The label may contain XWiki Syntax. If no label is specified a default label will be generated. The generation pattern can be changed, see the Admin Guide. Example: My Page
resource: A required string with the link reference in one of the following formsURL: Any URL in the form of [url:] (protocol://path). Examples: http://xwiki.org, url:https://svn.xwiki.org/url: An optional string identifying the resource as an URL.
Wiki page name reference in the form [doc:] [[wikiName:] space.] (page). Examples: WebHome, Main.WebHome, mywiki:Main.WebHomedoc: An optional string identifying the resource as an XWiki document.
wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a virtual wiki. The link will point to a page inside that virtual wiki. Example: mywiki
space: An optional wiki Space name. If no space is specified the current space is used. Example: Main
page: A required string containing the name of the linked wiki page. Example: WebHome
InterWiki page name reference in the form interwiki: (interWikiAlias:) (page). Example: interwiki:wikipedia:XWikiinterwiki: A required string identifying the resource as an InterWiki link.
interWikiAlias: An optional Inter Wiki alias as defined in the InterWiki Map (see the Admin Guide). Example: wikipedia
page: A required string containing the name of the linked page. Example: XWiki
Attachment reference in the form attach: [wikiPageName@] (attachmentName). Examples: attach:img.png, attach:mywiki:Main.WebHome@img.pngattach:: A required string identifying the resource as attachment.
wikiPageName: An optional string referencing the document that holds the attachment, see “Wiki page name” above.
attachmentName: Name of the attachment as it is stored in the wiki.
Email address in the form mailto: (emailAddress) (#anchor is not valid). Example: mailto:john@smith.commailto:: A required string identifying the resource as email.
emailAddress: Targeted email address. Example: john@smith.com
Relative path reference on the server in the form path: (relPath). Example: path:$doc.getURL(’reset’) produces target address http://server.domain.com/xwiki/bin/reset/Space/Page where /xwiki/bin/reset/Space/Page is produced by $doc.getURL(’reset’).path: A required string identifying the resource as a relative path.
relPath: A required string containing the relative path of the resource on the server that shall be linked.
UNC (Windows Explorer) reference in the form unc: (path). The link is rendered as a file:// link. Examples: unc:C:\ Windows\ , unc:\ \ myserver\ path\ img.png, unc:home/user/somefileunc: A required string identifying the resource as a UNC (Windows Explorer) path.
path: A required string containing the local path of resource accessible by the user. Examples: C:\ Windows\ , \ \ myserver\ path\ img.png, home/user/somefile
parameters: An optional list of space-separated parameters passed to the link. Example: queryString=”mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello” anchor=”HTableOfContents” rel=”__blank”queryString: An optional query string for specifying parameters that will be appended to the link target address and used in the rendered URL. Example: url:http://domain.com/path||queryString=”mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello” produces target address http://domain.com/path?mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello
anchor: An optional anchor name pointing to an anchor defined in the referenced link. Note that in XWiki anchors are automatically created for headings. Example: url:http://domain.com/path||anchor=”HTableOfContents” produces target address http://domain.com/path#HTableOfContents
rel: An optional parameter that allows to open link target in new window. Example: rel=”__blank”

Links

2.1 Links
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Link to a page in the current Space	[[WebHome]]	WebHome	
Link with a label	[[label>>WebHome]]
XWiki Syntax is supported inside link labels.
	label	
Link with XWiki Syntax in the label	[[**bold label**>>WebHome]]	bold label	
Link to a page with the space specified	[[Main.WebHome]]	WebHome	
Link to a subwiki	[[subwiki:Main.WebHome]]	WebHome	
Link that opens in a new window	[[label>>WebHome||rel=”__blank”]]	label	
Link to a URL directly in the text	This is a URL: http://xwiki.org	This is a URL: http://xwiki.org	
Link to a URL	[[http://xwiki.org]]	http://xwiki.org	
Link to a URL with a label	[[XWiki>>http://xwiki.org]]	XWiki	
Link to an email address	[[john@smith.net>>mailto:john@smith.net]]	john@smith.net	
Image Link	[[image:Space2.Page2@img.png>>Space1.Page1]]		
Image Link with image parameters	[[[[image:Space2.Page2@img.png||width=”26” height=”26”]]>>Space1.Page1]]		
Link to an attachment on the current page	[[text>>attach:img.png]]	text	
Link to an attachment in a different page	[[text>>attach:Space.Page@img.png]]	text	
Link to an Anchor in a page	[[label>>Space.Page||anchor=anchor]]	label	
Link to a Heading in a page	[[label>>XWiki.XWikiSyntax||anchor=HMyheading]]	label	
When you add a Heading, an anchor named “H” followed by the heading title with only alpha characters is created. For example, for a Heading named “My heading”, the generated anchor will be “HMyheading”.
XWiki Syntax 2.1 Link Specification
The part in ( ) is required, while the parts in [ ] are optional.
The full format of a link is [label>>] (resource) [||parameters]
label: An optional string which will be displayed to the user as the link name when rendered. The label may contain XWiki Syntax. If no label is specified a default label will be generated. The generation pattern can be changed, see the Admin Guide. Example: My Page
resource: A required string with the link reference in one of the following formsURL: Any URL in the form of [url:] (protocol://path). Examples: http://xwiki.org, url:https://svn.xwiki.org/url: An optional string identifying the resource as an URL.
Wiki page name reference in the form [doc:] [[wikiName:] space.] (page). Examples: WebHome, Main.WebHome, mywiki:Main.WebHomedoc: An optional string identifying the resource as an XWiki document.
wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a virtual wiki. The link will point to a page inside that virtual wiki. Example: mywiki
space: An optional wiki Space name. If no space is specified the current space is used. Example: Main
page: A required string containing the name of the linked wiki page. Example: WebHome
InterWiki page name reference in the form interwiki: (interWikiAlias:) (page). Example: interwiki:wikipedia:XWikiinterwiki: A required string identifying the resource as an InterWiki link.
interWikiAlias: An optional Inter Wiki alias as defined in the InterWiki Map (see the Admin Guide). Example: wikipedia
page: A required string containing the name of the linked page. Example: XWiki
Attachment reference in the form attach: [wikiPageName@] (attachmentName). Examples: attach:img.png, attach:mywiki:Main.WebHome@img.pngattach:: A required string identifying the resource as attachment.
wikiPageName: An optional string referencing the document that holds the attachment, see “Wiki page name” above.
attachmentName: Name of the attachment as it is stored in the wiki.
Email address in the form mailto: (emailAddress) (#anchor is not valid). Example: mailto:john@smith.commailto:: A required string identifying the resource as email.
emailAddress: Targeted email address. Example: john@smith.com
Relative path reference on the server in the form path: (relPath). Example: path:$doc.getURL(’reset’) produces target address http://server.domain.com/xwiki/bin/reset/Space/Page where /xwiki/bin/reset/Space/Page is produced by $doc.getURL(’reset’).path: A required string identifying the resource as a relative path.
relPath: A required string containing the relative path of the resource on the server that shall be linked.
UNC (Windows Explorer) reference in the form unc: (path). The link is rendered as a file:// link. Examples: unc:C:\ Windows\ , unc:\ \ myserver\ path\ img.png, unc:home/user/somefileunc: A required string identifying the resource as a UNC (Windows Explorer) path.
path: A required string containing the local path of resource accessible by the user. Examples: C:\ Windows\ , \ \ myserver\ path\ img.png, home/user/somefile
parameters: An optional list of space-separated parameters passed to the link. Example: queryString=”mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello” anchor=”HTableOfContents” rel=”__blank”queryString: An optional query string for specifying parameters that will be appended to the link target address and used in the rendered URL. Example: url:http://domain.com/path||queryString=”mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello” produces target address http://domain.com/path?mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello
anchor: An optional anchor name pointing to an anchor defined in the referenced link. Note that in XWiki anchors are automatically created for headings. Example: url:http://domain.com/path||anchor=”HTableOfContents” produces target address http://domain.com/path#HTableOfContents
rel: An optional parameter that allows to open link target in new window. Example: rel=”__blank”

Tables

2.0 Tables
Allows to easily create content in table format. Parameters for table, row or cell are also supported in XWiki Syntax 2.1.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Standard table	|=Title 1|=Title 2
|Word 1|Word 2

or
!=Title 1!=Title 2
!!Word 1!!Word 2

	Title 1	
Title 2	

Word 1	
Word 2	

Parametrized table	(% style=”background-color:red;align=center” %)
|=Title 1|=(% style=”background-color:yellow” %)Title 2
|Word 1|Word 2

	Title 1	
Title 2	

Word 1	
Word 2	

Filterable Sortable table	{ { velocity} } 
$xwiki.ssfx.use(”js/xwiki/table/table.css”)
$xwiki.jsfx.use(”js/xwiki/table/tablefilterNsort.js”, true)
{ { /velocity} } 

(% class=”grid sortable filterable doOddEven” id=”tableid” %)
(% class=”sortHeader” %)|=Title 1|=Title 2
|Cell 11|Cell 12
|Cell 21|Cell 22

For improved features see the Livetable Macro.
	Title 1	
Title 2	

Cell 11	
Cell 12	

Cell 21	
Cell 22	

Tables

2.0 Tables
Allows to easily create content in table format. Parameters for table, row or cell are also supported in XWiki Syntax 2.1.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Standard table	|=Title 1|=Title 2
|Word 1|Word 2

or
!=Title 1!=Title 2
!!Word 1!!Word 2

	Title 1	
Title 2	

Word 1	
Word 2	

Parametrized table	(% style=”background-color:red;align=center” %)
|=Title 1|=(% style=”background-color:yellow” %)Title 2
|Word 1|Word 2

	Title 1	
Title 2	

Word 1	
Word 2	

Filterable Sortable table	{ { velocity} } 
$xwiki.ssfx.use(”js/xwiki/table/table.css”)
$xwiki.jsfx.use(”js/xwiki/table/tablefilterNsort.js”, true)
{ { /velocity} } 

(% class=”grid sortable filterable doOddEven” id=”tableid” %)
(% class=”sortHeader” %)|=Title 1|=Title 2
|Cell 11|Cell 12
|Cell 21|Cell 22

For improved features see the Livetable Macro.
	Title 1	
Title 2	

Cell 11	
Cell 12	

Cell 21	
Cell 22	

Images

2.1 Images
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Image from attachment on current page	image:img.png		
Image from attachment on another page	image:Space.Page@img.png		
Image with parameters	[[image:img.png||width=”25” height=”25”]]		
Images located at URL	image:http://some/url/img.png		
Prepackaged Icons	image:icon:accept		
XWiki Syntax 2.1 Image Specification
The part in ( ) is required, while the parts in {  }  are optional.
The full format of an image is either image: (reference) or [[image: (reference) { ||parameters} ]]
image: A required string identifying the resource as image.
reference: The reference to the image that shall be displayed in one of the following forms:URL: Any URL to an image in the form of protocol://path/imageName. Example: http://domain.org/path/img.png
Attachment reference in the form { { { wikiName:}  space.}  page@}  (imageName)wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a virtual wiki. The image reference will point to an image attached to a page inside that virtual wiki. Example: mywiki
space: An optional wiki Space name. If no space is specified the current space is used. Example: Main
page: An optional string containing the name of the wiki page to which the referenced image is attached. Example: WebHome
imageName: A required string containing the name of the image attached to a page as it is stored in the wiki.
Icon reference in the form (icon:) (iconName). Example: icon:accepticon: A required string identifying the image reference as an icon from the XWiki Icon Set.
iconName: A required string identifying the icon referenced. Example: accept
Data URI in the form (data:) (content). Example: data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==data: A required string identifying the image as being specified inline using the Data URI scheme.
content: The encoded image. Example: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==
parameters: An optional list of space-separated parameters passed to the image. Example: width=”800” height=”600” alt=”img.png” title=”My nice image”HTML attributes: All attributes defined by the HTML standard will be added to the rendered HTML <img> tag.style: CSS style information that should be applied to the image. Examples: style=”float:right;height:50” (image on right side, height 50 px), style=”display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:80%” (image centered, width 80% of block width), style=”vertical-align:bottom” (text starts at bottom of picture)
height: A parameter that defines the height of the displayed image. The value should be presented either in pixel (example: height=”80”) or in pixel related to the height of the block containing the image (example: height=”40%”).
width: A parameter that defines the width of the displayed image. The value should be presented either in pixel (example: width=”80”) or in pixel related to the width of the block containing the image (example: width=”40%”).
title: A parameter that defines the title the displayed image which will be visible when hovering the mouse trigger over the image, for instance. Example: title=”My nice image”
alt: A parameter that defines which text should be displayed if the browser is not able to display the image. Since this is a required HTML attribute XWiki will use the file name instead if the alt parameter is not defined. Example: alt=”img.png”
More: A more in depth explanation on the HTML <img> tag including more attributes can be reviewed on w3.org.
queryString: Allows queries to be passed to the server when creating the download link for the referenced image. Example: queryString=”width=100&height=800&keepAspectRatio=true” (keepAspectRatio=true will fail if the width and height parameters are specified in addition to queryString!)

Images

2.1 Images
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Image from attachment on current page	image:img.png		
Image from attachment on another page	image:Space.Page@img.png		
Image with parameters	[[image:img.png||width=”25” height=”25”]]		
Images located at URL	image:http://some/url/img.png		
Prepackaged Icons	image:icon:accept		
XWiki Syntax 2.1 Image Specification
The part in ( ) is required, while the parts in {  }  are optional.
The full format of an image is either image: (reference) or [[image: (reference) { ||parameters} ]]
image: A required string identifying the resource as image.
reference: The reference to the image that shall be displayed in one of the following forms:URL: Any URL to an image in the form of protocol://path/imageName. Example: http://domain.org/path/img.png
Attachment reference in the form { { { wikiName:}  space.}  page@}  (imageName)wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a virtual wiki. The image reference will point to an image attached to a page inside that virtual wiki. Example: mywiki
space: An optional wiki Space name. If no space is specified the current space is used. Example: Main
page: An optional string containing the name of the wiki page to which the referenced image is attached. Example: WebHome
imageName: A required string containing the name of the image attached to a page as it is stored in the wiki.
Icon reference in the form (icon:) (iconName). Example: icon:accepticon: A required string identifying the image reference as an icon from the XWiki Icon Set.
iconName: A required string identifying the icon referenced. Example: accept
Data URI in the form (data:) (content). Example: data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==data: A required string identifying the image as being specified inline using the Data URI scheme.
content: The encoded image. Example: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==
parameters: An optional list of space-separated parameters passed to the image. Example: width=”800” height=”600” alt=”img.png” title=”My nice image”HTML attributes: All attributes defined by the HTML standard will be added to the rendered HTML <img> tag.style: CSS style information that should be applied to the image. Examples: style=”float:right;height:50” (image on right side, height 50 px), style=”display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:80%” (image centered, width 80% of block width), style=”vertical-align:bottom” (text starts at bottom of picture)
height: A parameter that defines the height of the displayed image. The value should be presented either in pixel (example: height=”80”) or in pixel related to the height of the block containing the image (example: height=”40%”).
width: A parameter that defines the width of the displayed image. The value should be presented either in pixel (example: width=”80”) or in pixel related to the width of the block containing the image (example: width=”40%”).
title: A parameter that defines the title the displayed image which will be visible when hovering the mouse trigger over the image, for instance. Example: title=”My nice image”
alt: A parameter that defines which text should be displayed if the browser is not able to display the image. Since this is a required HTML attribute XWiki will use the file name instead if the alt parameter is not defined. Example: alt=”img.png”
More: A more in depth explanation on the HTML <img> tag including more attributes can be reviewed on w3.org.
queryString: Allows queries to be passed to the server when creating the download link for the referenced image. Example: queryString=”width=100&height=800&keepAspectRatio=true” (keepAspectRatio=true will fail if the width and height parameters are specified in addition to queryString!)

Advanced

Verbatim

2.0 Verbatim
Allow to enter content that will not be formatted (in other words the XWiki Syntax will not be taken into account).
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Verbatim inline	Some verbatim { { { **[[not rendered]]**} } }  content	Some verbatim **[[not rendered]]** content	
Verbatim block	{ { { 
multi line
**verbatim**
content
} } } 

	multi line
**verbatim**
content

Verbatim

2.0 Verbatim
Allow to enter content that will not be formatted (in other words the XWiki Syntax will not be taken into account).
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Verbatim inline	Some verbatim { { { **[[not rendered]]**} } }  content	Some verbatim **[[not rendered]]** content	
Verbatim block	{ { { 
multi line
**verbatim**
content
} } } 

	multi line
**verbatim**
content

Quotations

2.0 Quotations
Allows to quote some text.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Simple quote	> john said this
I said ok

	 john said this
I said ok
	
Nested quotes	> john said this
>> marie answered that
I said ok

	 john said this
 marie answered that
I said ok

Quotations

2.0 Quotations
Allows to quote some text.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Simple quote	> john said this
I said ok

	 john said this
I said ok
	
Nested quotes	> john said this
>> marie answered that
I said ok

	 john said this
 marie answered that
I said ok

Groups

2.0 Groups
Groups can be used to insert another document inline directly into the current document. This allows for example to insert complex elements inside a list item or inside a table cell. Groups are delimited by the following syntactic elements: (((...))). One Group can contain another Group and there is no limit of imbrication.
XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
|=Header 1|=Header 2|=Header 3
|Cell One|(((
= Embedded document =

Some embedded paragraph.

* list item one
* list item two
  ** sub-item 1
  ** sub-item 2
))) | Cell Three

Next paragraph in the top-level document

	Header 1	
Header 2	
Header 3	

Cell One	

Embedded document
Some embedded paragraph.
list item one
list item twosub-item 1
sub-item 2
	
 Cell Three	

Next paragraph in the top-level document

Groups

2.0 Groups
Groups can be used to insert another document inline directly into the current document. This allows for example to insert complex elements inside a list item or inside a table cell. Groups are delimited by the following syntactic elements: (((...))). One Group can contain another Group and there is no limit of imbrication.
XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
|=Header 1|=Header 2|=Header 3
|Cell One|(((
= Embedded document =

Some embedded paragraph.

* list item one
* list item two
  ** sub-item 1
  ** sub-item 2
))) | Cell Three

Next paragraph in the top-level document

	Header 1	
Header 2	
Header 3	

Cell One	

Embedded document
Some embedded paragraph.
list item one
list item twosub-item 1
sub-item 2
	
 Cell Three	

Next paragraph in the top-level document

Escapes

2.0 Escapes
Allows to escape XWiki Syntax.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Escape a character	This is not a ~[~[link~]~]
To enter a ~ character use a double escape: ~~
	This is not a [[link]]	
Escape longer text
(also see “Verbatim”)	{ { {  some **longer** text //without// formatting} } } 	some **longer** text //without// formatting	

Escapes

2.0 Escapes
Allows to escape XWiki Syntax.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Escape a character	This is not a ~[~[link~]~]
To enter a ~ character use a double escape: ~~
	This is not a [[link]]	
Escape longer text
(also see “Verbatim”)	{ { {  some **longer** text //without// formatting} } } 	some **longer** text //without// formatting	

Parameters

2.0 Parameters
With XWiki Syntax 2.1 it’s possible to pass parameters to the different syntax elements and also to blocks of text. This is used for example to style them. You can set any parameter key/value pair you want. The XHTML renderer will pass these parameters as XHTML attributes to the underlying XHTML representation of the different syntax elements.
XWiki Syntax 2.1	Generated XHTML	
(% class=”myClass” style=”myStyle” id=”myId” %)
= heading =

	<h1 class=”myClass” style=”myStyle” id=”myId”>heading</h1>

Parameters

2.0 Parameters
With XWiki Syntax 2.1 it’s possible to pass parameters to the different syntax elements and also to blocks of text. This is used for example to style them. You can set any parameter key/value pair you want. The XHTML renderer will pass these parameters as XHTML attributes to the underlying XHTML representation of the different syntax elements.
XWiki Syntax 2.1	Generated XHTML	
(% class=”myClass” style=”myStyle” id=”myId” %)
= heading =

	<h1 class=”myClass” style=”myStyle” id=”myId”>heading</h1>

Programming

Macros

2.0 Macros
There is only one kind of macro in XWiki Syntax 2.1, which is called by the syntax: { { macroname param1=”value1” ... paramN=”valueN”} } ...{ { /macroname} } . For macros without content there’s a short notation: { { macroname param1=”value1” ... paramN=”valueN”/} } 
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Rendering Macro with a content	{ { code language=”java”} } 
System.out.println(”Hello World!”);
{ { /code} 

	System.out.println(”Hello World!”);	
Rendering Macro without content	{ { include reference=”Space.Page”/} } 
	The referenced page is included in the current page	
Radeox macros cannot be used in XWiki Syntax 2.1. Thus they have been rewritten as Rendering macros.
For the full list of available macros check the Extensions wiki.

Macros

2.0 Macros
There is only one kind of macro in XWiki Syntax 2.1, which is called by the syntax: { { macroname param1=”value1” ... paramN=”valueN”} } ...{ { /macroname} } . For macros without content there’s a short notation: { { macroname param1=”value1” ... paramN=”valueN”/} } 
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
Rendering Macro with a content	{ { code language=”java”} } 
System.out.println(”Hello World!”);
{ { /code} 

	System.out.println(”Hello World!”);	
Rendering Macro without content	{ { include reference=”Space.Page”/} } 
	The referenced page is included in the current page	
Radeox macros cannot be used in XWiki Syntax 2.1. Thus they have been rewritten as Rendering macros.
For the full list of available macros check the Extensions wiki.

HTML

2.0 HTML
In XWiki Syntax 2.1 HTML or XHTML must be entered by using the HTML macro.
XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
{ { html} } <b>bold</b>{ { /html} } 	bold	
In XWiki Syntax 2.1, by default the HTML macro does not understands XWiki Syntax (other macros included since it’s XWiki Syntax too). To enable it, use { { html wiki=”true”} } .

HTML

2.0 HTML
In XWiki Syntax 2.1 HTML or XHTML must be entered by using the HTML macro.
XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result	
{ { html} } <b>bold</b>{ { /html} } 	bold	
In XWiki Syntax 2.1, by default the HTML macro does not understands XWiki Syntax (other macros included since it’s XWiki Syntax too). To enable it, use { { html wiki=”true”} } .

Scripts

2.0 Scripts
In XWiki Syntax 1.0 it was possible to enter Velocity scripts anywhere directly in the page. This lead to issues for example when the user was involuntarily entering Velocity content. It was also performance hungry for pages not requiring Velocity content. There were several other technical limitations. Thus in XWiki Syntax 2.1 Velocity scripts must be entered using the velocity macro. Same goes for entering Groovy scripts.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	
Velocity script	{ { velocity} } 
#set ($var = “whatever”)
{ { /velocity} } 

Groovy script	{ { groovy} } 
def var = “whatever”
{ { /groovy} } 

Scripts

2.0 Scripts
In XWiki Syntax 1.0 it was possible to enter Velocity scripts anywhere directly in the page. This lead to issues for example when the user was involuntarily entering Velocity content. It was also performance hungry for pages not requiring Velocity content. There were several other technical limitations. Thus in XWiki Syntax 2.1 Velocity scripts must be entered using the velocity macro. Same goes for entering Groovy scripts.
Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	
Velocity script	{ { velocity} } 
#set ($var = “whatever”)
{ { /velocity} } 

Groovy script	{ { groovy} } 
def var = “whatever”
{ { /groovy} }