<s>
Epydoc	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
documentation	B-Protocol
generator	I-Protocol
that	O
processes	O
its	O
own	O
lightweight	B-Protocol
markup	I-Protocol
language	I-Protocol
Epytext	B-Protocol
for	O
Python	B-Language
documentation	B-Language
strings	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
opposed	O
to	O
freeform	O
Python	B-Language
docstrings	B-Language
,	O
reStructuredText	B-Language
(	O
both	O
also	O
supported	O
)	O
and	O
other	O
markup	O
languages	O
for	O
docstrings	B-Language
,	O
Epytext	B-Protocol
supports	O
linking	O
between	O
different	O
pieces	O
of	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
Epydoc	B-Protocol
is	O
inactive	O
since	O
February	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epydoc	B-Protocol
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
tools	O
for	O
rendering	O
Epytext	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
commonly	O
,	O
the	O
epydoc	B-Protocol
program	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
render	O
Epytext	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
HTML	B-Language
documents	O
for	O
display	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
PDF	B-Application
document	O
for	O
printing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epydoc	B-Protocol
also	O
supports	O
viewing	O
the	O
rendered	O
documentation	O
within	O
Python	B-Language
using	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
syntax	O
is	O
uncomplicated	O
enough	O
for	O
the	O
programmer	O
to	O
read	O
the	O
raw	O
Epytext	B-Protocol
docstrings	B-Language
embedded	O
in	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
