The idea was conceived during a workshop at the 2006 International Symposium on Wikis.[1][2] An EBNF grammar and XML interchange format for Creole have also been published.[3][4] Creole was designed by comparing major wiki engines and using the most common markup for a particular wikitext element. If no commonality was found, the wikitext of the dominant wiki engine MediaWiki was usually chosen.
On July 4, 2007, the version 1.0 (final)[5] of Creole was released, and a two-year development freeze was implemented to allow time for authors of wiki engines to adopt the new markup.
^Sauer, Christoph; Chuck Smith; Tomas Benz (2007). "Wiki Creole: A Common Markup"(PDF). Proceedings of the 2007 International Symposium on Wikis. ACM Press. pp. 131–142. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-11-30.