pandoc<p>Create a local, reusable URL database by putting Markdown reference link definitions into a file, e.g.</p><p> [example]: <a href="https://example.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">example.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Make use of the database by passing the file to pandoc as an additional input. The reference links can then be used normally.</p><p> See this [example][].</p><p> As seen on [this page][example]...</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pandoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pandoc</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a></p>