ROCm/docs/contribute/contribute-docs.md

Contributing to ROCm documentation

AMD values and encourages contributions to our code and documentation. If you choose to contribute, we encourage you to be polite and respectful. Improving documentation is a long-term process, to which we are dedicated.

If you have issues when trying to contribute, refer to the discussions page in our GitHub repository.

Folder structure and naming convention

Our documentation follows the Pitchfork folder structure. Most documentation files are stored in the /docs folder. Some special files (such as release, contributing, and changelog) are stored in the root (/) folder.

All images are stored in the /docs/data folder. An image's file path mirrors that of the documentation file where it is used.

Our naming structure uses kebab case; for example, my-file-name.rst.

Supported formats and syntax

Our documentation includes both Markdown and RST files. We are gradually transitioning existing Markdown to RST in order to more effectively meet our documentation needs. When contributing, RST is preferred; if you must use Markdown, use GitHub-flavored Markdown.

We use Sphinx Design syntax and compile our API references using Doxygen.

The following table shows some common documentation components and the syntax convention we use for each:

Component	RST syntax
Code blocks	.. code-block:: language-name My code block.
Cross-referencing internal files	:doc:`Title <../path/to/file/filename>`
External links	`link name <URL>`_
Headings	****************** Chapter title (H1) ****************** Section title (H2) =============== Subsection title (H3) --------------------- Sub-subsection title (H4) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Images	.. image:: image1.png
Internal links	1. Add a tag to the section you want to reference: .. _my-section-tag: section-1 Section 1 ========== 2. Link to your tag: As shown in :ref:`section-1`.
Lists	# Ordered (numbered) list item * Unordered (bulleted) list item
Math (block)	.. math:: A = \begin{pmatrix} 0.0 & 1.0 & 1.0 & 3.0 \\ 4.0 & 5.0 & 6.0 & 7.0 \\ \end{pmatrix}
Math (inline)	:math:`2 \times 2 `
Notes	.. note:: My note here.
Tables	.. csv-table:: Optional title here :widths: 30, 70 #optional column widths :header: "entry1 header", "entry2 header" "entry1", "entry2"

Language and style

We use the Google developer documentation style guide to guide our content.

Font size and type, page layout, white space control, and other formatting details are controlled via rocm-docs-core. If you want to notify us of any formatting issues, create a pull request in our rocm-docs-core GitHub repository.

Building our documentation

To learn how to build our documentation, refer to Building documentation.