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General Formatting

This section describes general formatting rules and norms in the MetaEd language.

White Space​

White space, indents, and line breaks are not important in the overall language. However, any line breaks or other white space nested within documentation double quotes is preserved.

While white space is not required, line breaks and indents are recommended to promote readability of MetaEd files. Note the recommended formatting in the sample below.

note

Association ExampleName
     documentation "This is documentation."
     domain entity FirstEntityName
          documentation "This is documentation."
     domain entity SecondEntityName
          documentation "This is documentation."
     ...
     bool PropertyName
          documentation "This is documentation."
          is part of identity
     ...