The MySQL documentation can be built into a variety of different formats. The same mechanism and toolset is used to both build the documentation and build any additional files or validation steps relating to the documentation.

For information on how to build the MySQL documentation to a variety of formats, see Section 2.1, “How to Build MySQL Documentation”.

For details on what goes on behind the scenes when you build a particular target format, see Section 2.2, “How Different Formats are Built”.

Information on other targets, including processes that build, check and validate the documentation to ensure that it is ready to be built, see Section 2.3, “Other Build Targets”.