YAML front matter

A Markdown file can have YAML front matter. YAML front matter is indicated with the following syntax:

---
{YAML-here}
---

In the YAML front matter metadata about the document can be stored. Information about the author, title, date and language of the document are frequently used pieces of metadata:

---
author: "Thimo van Velzen"
title: "Intership Report Pre-final"
date: "07-10-2003"
lang: en
---

# Introduction

Pandoc uses the YAML front matter to insert various pieces of metadata into the generated document.

The lang: field is used by the ltex-ls language server to check the language of the current buffer.