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 Header fields
 
-ID: UUID version 4
-Title: for the text. Avoid using titles more than 50 characters long.
-Authors: list of `name <address>` values.
-Date: of creation, ISO8601 formatted.
+ID:     unique identifier
+Date:   of creation, ISO8601 formatted
 Topics: comma seperated list of topic names & phrases
+Title:
+Authors:list of name with optional set of <address>
 
 A blank line must seperarate the header from the body.