Semantic tagging in Markdown

Question

I'd like to take class notes using a simple text editor and Markdown. Is there a way to tag elements of the text to make them machine readable?

For example, I'd like to tag certain words and phrases as "definitions". Then later, I could run some sort of script to display words and their corresponding definitions.

Answer 1

Why not simply surround the tag with a specific pattern of your choosing? Like :mytag: or &mytag&.