diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Markup.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Markup.php
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index 000000000000..8c8168730286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Markup.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling;
+
+interface Markup
+{
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Markup/Markdown.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Markup/Markdown.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6caffd22b201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Markup/Markdown.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Markup;
+
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Markup;
+
+class Markdown implements Markup
+{
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c1ad931a208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling;
+
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text\HTML;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text\PlainText;
+
+/**
+ * Methods in this interface should mostly be called by the according methods
+ * on `Text` instances, most consumer code shouldn't need to bother with `Shape`
+ * directly.
+ *
+ * Only exception is `fromString` which acts as an entrypoint into the logic
+ * of TextHandling.
+ */
+interface Shape
+{
+    /**
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if $text is not compliant.
+     */
+    public function fromString(string $text): Text;
+
+    public function isRawStringCompliant(string $text): bool;
+    /**
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if $text does not match format.
+     */
+    public function toHTML(Text $text): HTML;
+    /**
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if $text does not match format.
+     */
+    public function toPlainText(Text $text): PlainText;
+    public function getMarkup(): Markup;
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape/Markdown.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape/Markdown.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e054b5885cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape/Markdown.php
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape;
+
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Markup;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text;
+use ILIAS\Refinery;
+
+class Markdown implements Shape
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        protected Refinery\Transformation $markdown_to_html_transformation,
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    public function toHTML(Text $text): Text\HTML
+    {
+        if (!$text instanceof Text\Markdown) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Text does not match format.");
+        }
+        return new Text\HTML(
+            $this->markdown_to_html_transformation->transform(
+                $text->getRawRepresentation()
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function toPlainText(Text $text): Text\PlainText
+    {
+        if (!$text instanceof Text\Markdown) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Text does not match format.");
+        }
+        return new Text\PlainText($text->getRawRepresentation());
+    }
+
+    public function getMarkup(): Markup\Markdown
+    {
+        return new Markup\Markdown();
+    }
+
+    public function fromString(string $text): Text\Markdown
+    {
+        return new Text\Markdown($this, $text);
+    }
+
+    public function isRawStringCompliant(string $text): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape/SimpleDocumentMarkdown.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape/SimpleDocumentMarkdown.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..593f38b9b261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape/SimpleDocumentMarkdown.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape;
+
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Structure;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text;
+
+class SimpleDocumentMarkdown extends Markdown
+{
+    /**
+     * @return mixed[] consts from Structure
+     */
+    public function getSupportedStructure(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            Structure::BOLD,
+            Structure::ITALIC,
+            Structure::HEADING_1,
+            Structure::HEADING_2,
+            Structure::HEADING_3,
+            Structure::HEADING_4,
+            Structure::HEADING_5,
+            Structure::HEADING_6,
+            Structure::UNORDERED_LIST,
+            Structure::ORDERED_LIST,
+            Structure::PARAGRAPH,
+            Structure::LINK,
+            Structure::BLOCKQUOTE,
+            Structure::CODE
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function fromString(string $text): Text\SimpleDocumentMarkdown
+    {
+        return new Text\SimpleDocumentMarkdown($this, $text);
+    }
+
+    public function isRawStringCompliant(string $text): bool
+    {
+        $structure_patterns = [
+            '\!\[(.)*\]\((.)+\)',   // images ![](url)
+            '\!\[(.)+\]',           // images ![][url]
+            '\[(.)*\]\:(.)+'        // images []:url
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($structure_patterns as $pattern) {
+            if (mb_ereg_match($pattern, $text)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape/WordOnlyMarkdown.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape/WordOnlyMarkdown.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25bf1ad093dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Shape/WordOnlyMarkdown.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape;
+
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Structure;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text;
+
+class WordOnlyMarkdown extends SimpleDocumentMarkdown
+{
+    /**
+     * @return mixed[] consts from Structure
+     */
+    public function getSupportedStructure(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            Structure::BOLD,
+            Structure::ITALIC
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function fromString(string $text): Text\WordOnlyMarkdown
+    {
+        return new Text\WordOnlyMarkdown($this, $text);
+    }
+
+    public function isRawStringCompliant(string $text): bool
+    {
+        $structure_patterns = [
+            '^(\#){1,6}(\ )',       // headings 1 - 6
+            '^(\- )',               // unordered list
+            '^(\* )',               // unordered list
+            '^(\+ )',               // unordered list
+            '^([0-9]+)(\.\ )',      // ordered list
+            '(\ ){2}',              // paragraph via space
+            '(\\\)',                // paragraph
+            '\[(.)*\]\((.)+\)',     // link [title](url)
+            '\[(.)*\]\([.]+\)',     // link [id][url]
+            '\[(.)*\]\:(.)+',       // link [id]:url
+            '\!\[(.)*\]\((.)+\)',   // images ![](url)
+            '\!\[(.)+\]',           // images ![][url]
+            '\[(.)*\]\:(.)+',       // images []:url
+            '^(\>)+',               // blockquote
+            '(\`)'                  // code only
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($structure_patterns as $pattern) {
+            if (mb_ereg_match($pattern, $text)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Structure.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Structure.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c77dd958fff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Structure.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling;
+
+enum Structure
+{
+    // heading 1-6 are cases for <h1> to <h6>
+    case HEADING_1;
+    case HEADING_2;
+    case HEADING_3;
+    case HEADING_4;
+    case HEADING_5;
+    case HEADING_6;
+    case BOLD;
+    case ITALIC;
+    case UNORDERED_LIST;
+    case ORDERED_LIST;
+    case LINK;
+    case PARAGRAPH;
+    case BLOCKQUOTE;
+    case CODE;
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b917470e980a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling;
+
+interface Text
+{
+    public function getShape(): Shape;
+    public function getMarkup(): Markup;
+    /**
+     * @return Structure[]
+     */
+    public function getSupportedStructure(): array;
+    public function toHTML(): Text\HTML;
+    public function toPlainText(): Text\PlainText;
+    public function getRawRepresentation(): string;
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/Base.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/Base.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..026a3b8e70d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/Base.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text;
+
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Markup;
+
+abstract class Base implements Text
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        protected Shape $shape,
+        protected string $raw
+    ) {
+        if (!$shape->isRawStringCompliant($raw)) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException("The provided string is not compliant with the supported structure!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function getShape(): Shape
+    {
+        return $this->shape;
+    }
+
+    public function getMarkup(): Markup
+    {
+        return $this->shape->getMarkup();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Structure[]
+     */
+    public function getSupportedStructure(): array
+    {
+        return $this->shape->getSupportedStructure();
+    }
+
+    public function toHTML(): Text\HTML
+    {
+        return $this->shape->toHTML($this->raw);
+    }
+
+    public function toPlainText(): Text\PlainText
+    {
+        return $this->shape->toPlainText($this->raw);
+    }
+
+    public function getRawRepresentation(): string
+    {
+        return $this->raw;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/HTML.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/HTML.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0614f104068e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/HTML.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text;
+
+/**
+ * This class currently is a stub only. It will need a proper implementation, just
+ * like Text\Markdown has.
+ */
+class HTML
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        protected string $html_text = ""
+    ) {
+        $this->html_text = $html_text;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/Markdown.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/Markdown.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..77792f37fe26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/Markdown.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text;
+
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape\Markdown as MarkdownShape;
+
+class Markdown extends Base
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        MarkdownShape $markdown_shape,
+        string $raw
+    ) {
+        parent::__construct($markdown_shape, $raw);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/PlainText.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/PlainText.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d82df894855e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/PlainText.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text;
+
+/**
+ * This class currently is a stub only. It will need a proper implementation, just
+ * like Text\Markdown has.
+ */
+class PlainText
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        protected string $plain_text = ""
+    ) {
+        $this->plain_text = $plain_text;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/SimpleDocumentMarkdown.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/SimpleDocumentMarkdown.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..005be434582e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/SimpleDocumentMarkdown.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text;
+
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape\SimpleDocumentMarkdown as SimpleDocumentMarkdownShape;
+
+class SimpleDocumentMarkdown extends Markdown
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        SimpleDocumentMarkdownShape $simple_document_markdown_shape,
+        string $raw
+    ) {
+        parent::__construct($simple_document_markdown_shape, $raw);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/WordOnlyMarkdown.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/WordOnlyMarkdown.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1d198787e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/src/TextHandling/Text/WordOnlyMarkdown.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text;
+
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape\WordOnlyMarkdown as WordOnlyMarkdownShape;
+
+class WordOnlyMarkdown extends SimpleDocumentMarkdown
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        WordOnlyMarkdownShape $word_only_markdown_shape,
+        string $raw
+    ) {
+        parent::__construct($word_only_markdown_shape, $raw);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/tests/TextHandling/Shape/MarkdownShapeTest.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/tests/TextHandling/Shape/MarkdownShapeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf0486ef69d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/tests/TextHandling/Shape/MarkdownShapeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape\Markdown;
+use ILIAS\Data;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text\HTML;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Text\PlainText;
+
+class MarkdownShapeTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected Markdown $markdown_shape;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $language = $this->createMock(ilLanguage::class);
+        $data_factory = new Data\Factory();
+        $refinery = new ILIAS\Refinery\Factory($data_factory, $language);
+        $this->markdown_shape = new Markdown($refinery->string()->markdown()->toHTML());
+    }
+
+    public static function stringToHTMLDataProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            ["lorem", new HTML("<p>lorem</p>\n")],
+            ["lorem **ipsum**", new HTML("<p>lorem <strong>ipsum</strong></p>\n")],
+            ["_lorem_ **ipsum**", new HTML("<p><em>lorem</em> <strong>ipsum</strong></p>\n")],
+            ["# Headline", new HTML("<h1>Headline</h1>\n")],
+            ["## Headline", new HTML("<h2>Headline</h2>\n")],
+            ["### Headline", new HTML("<h3>Headline</h3>\n")],
+            ["1. Lorem\n2. Ipsum", new HTML("<ol>\n<li>Lorem</li>\n<li>Ipsum</li>\n</ol>\n")],
+            ["- Lorem\n- Ipsum", new HTML("<ul>\n<li>Lorem</li>\n<li>Ipsum</li>\n</ul>\n")],
+            ["[Link Titel](https://www.ilias.de)", new HTML("<p><a href=\"https://www.ilias.de\">Link Titel</a></p>\n")]
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public static function stringToPlainDataProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            ["lorem", new PlainText("lorem")],
+            ["lorem **ipsum**", new PlainText("lorem **ipsum**")],
+            ["_lorem_ **ipsum**", new PlainText("_lorem_ **ipsum**")],
+            ["# Headline", new PlainText("# Headline")],
+            ["## Headline", new PlainText("## Headline")],
+            ["### Headline", new PlainText("### Headline")],
+            ["1. Lorem\n2. Ipsum", new PlainText("1. Lorem\n2. Ipsum")],
+            ["- Lorem\n- Ipsum", new PlainText("- Lorem\n- Ipsum")],
+            ["[Link Titel](https://www.ilias.de)", new PlainText("[Link Titel](https://www.ilias.de)")]
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider stringToHTMLDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testToHTML(string $markdown_string, HTML $expected_html): void
+    {
+        $text = $this->markdown_shape->fromString($markdown_string);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected_html, $this->markdown_shape->toHTML($text));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider stringToPlainDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testToPlainText(string $markdown_string, PlainText $expected_text): void
+    {
+        $text = $this->markdown_shape->fromString($markdown_string);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected_text, $this->markdown_shape->toPlainText($text));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/tests/TextHandling/Shape/SimpleDocumentMarkdownShapeTest.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/tests/TextHandling/Shape/SimpleDocumentMarkdownShapeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf7e841f4905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/tests/TextHandling/Shape/SimpleDocumentMarkdownShapeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape\SimpleDocumentMarkdown;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Structure;
+use ILIAS\Data;
+use ILIAS\Refinery\Factory as Refinery;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
+
+class SimpleDocumentMarkdownShapeTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected SimpleDocumentMarkdown $simple_doc_markdown_shape;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $language = $this->createMock(ilLanguage::class);
+        $data_factory = new Data\Factory();
+        $refinery = new ILIAS\Refinery\Factory($data_factory, $language);
+        $this->simple_doc_markdown_shape = new SimpleDocumentMarkdown($refinery->string()->markdown()->toHTML());
+    }
+
+    public static function constructDataProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            [
+                Structure::BOLD,
+                Structure::ITALIC,
+                Structure::HEADING_1,
+                Structure::HEADING_2,
+                Structure::HEADING_3,
+                Structure::HEADING_4,
+                Structure::HEADING_5,
+                Structure::HEADING_6,
+                Structure::UNORDERED_LIST,
+                Structure::ORDERED_LIST,
+                Structure::PARAGRAPH,
+                Structure::LINK,
+                Structure::BLOCKQUOTE,
+                Structure::CODE
+            ]
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public static function stringComplianceDataProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            ["### Heading 3", true],
+            ["> Quote block", true],
+            ["![Image text](https://www.ilias.de)", false]
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider constructDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testGetSupportedStructure(
+        Structure $dp_bold,
+        Structure $dp_italic,
+        Structure $dp_heading_1,
+        Structure $dp_heading_2,
+        Structure $dp_heading_3,
+        Structure $dp_heading_4,
+        Structure $dp_heading_5,
+        Structure $dp_heading_6,
+        Structure $dp_unordered_list,
+        Structure $dp_ordered_list,
+        Structure $dp_paragraph,
+        Structure $dp_link,
+        Structure $dp_blockquote,
+        Structure $dp_code
+    ): void {
+        $supported_structure = $this->simple_doc_markdown_shape->getSupportedStructure();
+
+        $expected = [
+            $dp_bold,
+            $dp_italic,
+            $dp_heading_1,
+            $dp_heading_2,
+            $dp_heading_3,
+            $dp_heading_4,
+            $dp_heading_5,
+            $dp_heading_6,
+            $dp_unordered_list,
+            $dp_ordered_list,
+            $dp_paragraph,
+            $dp_link,
+            $dp_blockquote,
+            $dp_code
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $supported_structure);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider stringComplianceDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testIsRawStringCompliant(string $markdown_string, bool $compliance): void
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals($this->simple_doc_markdown_shape->isRawStringCompliant($markdown_string), $compliance);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Data/tests/TextHandling/Shape/WordOnlyMarkdownShapeTest.php b/components/ILIAS/Data/tests/TextHandling/Shape/WordOnlyMarkdownShapeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc39f5a2322a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Data/tests/TextHandling/Shape/WordOnlyMarkdownShapeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
+ * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
+ *
+ * ILIAS is licensed with the GPL-3.0,
+ * see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+ * You should have received a copy of said license along with the
+ * source code, too.
+ *
+ * If this is not the case or you just want to try ILIAS, you'll find
+ * us at:
+ * https://www.ilias.de
+ * https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Shape\WordOnlyMarkdown;
+use ILIAS\Data;
+use ILIAS\Refinery\Factory as Refinery;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
+use ILIAS\Data\TextHandling\Structure;
+
+class WordOnlyMarkdownShapeTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected WordOnlyMarkdown $word_only_markdown_shape;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $markup = $this->createMock(Data\TextHandling\Markup::class);
+        $language = $this->createMock(ilLanguage::class);
+        $data_factory = new Data\Factory();
+        $refinery = new ILIAS\Refinery\Factory($data_factory, $language);
+        $this->word_only_markdown_shape = new WordOnlyMarkdown($refinery->string()->markdown()->toHTML());
+    }
+
+    public static function constructDataProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+                [Structure::BOLD, Structure::ITALIC]
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public static function stringComplianceDataProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            ["This text has **bold** and _italic_ content", true],
+            ["> Quote block is not allowed", false]
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider constructDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testGetSupportedStructure(Structure $dp_bold, Structure $dp_italic): void
+    {
+        $supported_structure = $this->word_only_markdown_shape->getSupportedStructure();
+        $exptected = [
+            $dp_bold,
+            $dp_italic
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals($exptected, $supported_structure);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider stringComplianceDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testIsRawStringCompliant(string $markdown_string, bool $compliance): void
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals($this->word_only_markdown_shape->isRawStringCompliant($markdown_string), $compliance);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docs/development/text-handling.md b/docs/development/text-handling.md
index b18e312a18d4..d2e862dfe41a 100755
--- a/docs/development/text-handling.md
+++ b/docs/development/text-handling.md
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ interface Shape
     /**
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if $text does not match format. 
      */
-    public function toHTML($text) : HTMLText;
+    public function toHTML(Text $text) : HTMLText;
 
     /**
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if $text does not match format. 
      */
-    public function toPlainText($text) : PlainText;
+    public function toPlainText(Text $text) : PlainText;
 
     public function getMarkup() : Markup;
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class WordOnlyMarkdownShape extends SimpleDocumentMarkdownShape
 
 class SimpleDocumentMarkdownShape extends MarkdownShape 
 {
-    /* will support paragraphs, headlines and lists on top */
+    /* will support paragraphs, headlines, lists, blockquotes, code and links on top */
 }
 
 /* ... */