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## Inspired by

Both syntax and usage didn't come out of thin air. There's lots of prior art
and things PMD tries to be compatible with to some extend:

  *  Standard field names mostly come from the Debian packaging spec.
  *  Standard field names mostly come from the [Debian packaging spec](https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#document-ch-controlfields).
     Which is sort of a standard already. (No need for NIH field names.)

  *  One of the few things Wordpress got right (almost). They've been using
     (or rather inherited) a similar comment-based plugin description scheme.

      *  Except for the abhorrent spaced key names, and not knowing what else to do with it.
      *  Most WP plugins have to define config hooks/settings/handling themselves