| + | WML inherits most of its syntactic constructs from XML. |
| + | Tags without a matching end tag, such as br, must incorporate a slash: <br/>. |
| + | Attribute names must be in lower case. |
| + | Attribute values must be enclosed in double quotes. |
| + | Some elements require attributes, and some don't. |
| + | The general format of tags with attributes is <tag attribute1="value">. |
| + | Variables general format is $(variablename). |
| + | A WML deck must begin with the XML and DTD tags. |
| + | All elements in a deck must be placed within the <wml> and </wml> tags. |