AsciiDoc is a human-readable document format, semantically equivalent to DocBook XML, but using plain-text mark-up conventions. AsciiDoc documents can be created using any text editor and read “as-is”, or rendered to HTML or any other format supported by a DocBook tool-chain, i.e.
AsciiDoc is a human-readable document format that's similar to DocBook XML but uses plain text for markup. You can create AsciiDoc documents with any text editor and read them directly, or convert them into HTML or other formats using DocBook tools.