<s>
AsciiDoc	B-Language
is	O
a	O
human-readable	B-General_Concept
document	O
format	O
,	O
semantically	O
equivalent	O
to	O
DocBook	B-Protocol
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
using	O
plain-text	O
mark-up	O
conventions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AsciiDoc	B-Language
documents	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
using	O
any	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
and	O
read	O
“	O
as-is	O
”	O
,	O
or	O
rendered	O
to	O
HTML	B-Language
or	O
any	O
other	O
format	O
supported	O
by	O
a	O
DocBook	B-Protocol
tool-chain	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
,	O
TeX	B-Application
,	O
Unix	B-Application
manpages	B-Protocol
,	O
e-books	O
,	O
slide	O
presentations	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
file	O
extensions	O
for	O
AsciiDoc	B-Language
files	O
are	O
txt	O
(	O
as	O
encouraged	O
by	O
AsciiDoc	B-Language
's	O
creator	O
)	O
and	O
adoc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AsciiDoc	B-Language
was	O
created	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
Stuart	O
Rackham	O
,	O
who	O
published	O
tools	O
(	O
‘	O
asciidoc’	O
and	O
‘	O
a2x’	O
)	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
to	O
convert	O
plain-text	O
,	O
‘	O
human	O
readable’	O
files	O
to	O
commonly	O
used	O
published	O
document	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Ruby	B-Language
implementation	O
called	O
‘	O
Asciidoctor’	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
is	O
in	O
use	O
by	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
GitLab	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
implementation	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
ecosystem	O
using	O
JRuby	B-Language
and	O
in	O
the	O
JavaScript	B-Language
ecosystem	O
using	O
Opal.js	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
O'Reilly	O
Media	O
's	O
books	O
and	O
e-books	O
are	O
authored	O
using	O
AsciiDoc	B-Language
mark-up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
Git	B-Application
project	I-Application
documentation	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
AsciiDoc	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AsciiDoc	B-Language
format	O
is	O
currently	O
under	O
standardization	O
procedure	O
by	O
the	B-Application
Eclipse	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
shows	O
text	O
using	O
AsciiDoc	B-Language
mark-up	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
rendering	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
produced	O
by	O
an	O
AsciiDoc	B-Language
processor	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
–	O
a	O
multi-repository	O
documentation	O
site	O
generator	O
for	O
tech	O
writers	O
using	O
git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
–	O
(	O
deprecated	O
)	O
a	O
documentation	O
system	O
built	O
on	O
Asciidoctor	B-Language
for	O
people	O
who	O
have	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
docs	O
to	O
maintain	O
and	O
republish	O
on	O
a	O
regular	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
–	O
AsciiDoc	B-Language
Book	O
Editor	O
based	O
on	O
JavaFX	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
–	O
AsciiDocLIVE	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
online	O
AsciiDoc	B-Language
editor	O
.	O
</s>
