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Allow tags to be self-closing, for implementing tags that need tag args but not any inner content. Include a mechanism for tags to configure themselves to allow/forbid/require self-closing tags

Currently, each renderer has its own completely separate set of tags. Thus, a given input string is tightly coupled to the formats/tags/parameters available on its own parser/renderer, and there's really no guarantee that any given string will be able to be used across multiple renderers.

There should be some way to enforce a common API across a minimal set of tags (such as {{foreground}}) so that there exists at lease some compatibility across renderers. Having at least some tags that will always be able to be used from purely common code will help make it more intuitive, and avoid having to duplicating input strings to match the paramters/tag names available for a given renderer.

Create out-of-the-box parsers for handling basic HTML and Markdown content, especially for Compose. Other platforms have their own mechanisms for handling such input text, but Compose doesn't have anything natively.

Alternatively, create an out-of-the-box Syntax for HTML or Markdown that can be installed into any parser. Would be nice to have #6 done so that this Syntax can reference the common tags for building itself