diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 98684de6ab386c40fc17dbd6e94b477468168b30..c1165009f06708b63103d772bb43daf4b5018e1e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,34 @@
+image: python:3.11
+
+stages:
+ - build
+ - deploy
+
+variables:
+ DOCS_DIR: docs
+ BUILD_DIR: public
+ PAGES_BRANCH: "basic_setup"
+
+before_script:
+ - python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+ - pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+build_docs:
+ stage: build
+ script:
+ - sphinx-build -b html $DOCS_DIR/source $BUILD_DIR
+ artifacts:
+ paths:
+ - $BUILD_DIR
+ only:
+ - $PAGES_BRANCH
+
pages:
- image: docker.km3net.de/base/texlive:2023
- script:
- - make
- - mkdir public
- - cp km3net-dataformat-specifications.pdf public/
- artifacts:
- paths:
- - public
+ stage: deploy
+ script:
+ - mv $BUILD_DIR public
+ artifacts:
+ paths:
+ - public
+ only:
+ - $PAGES_BRANCH
diff --git a/docs/GitRev.tex b/docs/GitRev.tex
deleted file mode 100644
index bacbcb3749fcaddf2b5071a7930c0ed24b26aa6f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/docs/GitRev.tex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-\begin{center} Git release: , date . \end{center}
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0c3cbf1020d5c292abdedf27627c6abe25e2293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Minimal makefile for Sphinx documentation
+#
+
+# You can set these variables from the command line, and also
+# from the environment for the first two.
+SPHINXOPTS ?=
+SPHINXBUILD ?= sphinx-build
+SOURCEDIR = source
+BUILDDIR = build
+
+# Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
+help:
+ @$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+
+.PHONY: help Makefile
+
+# Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
+# "make mode" option. $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
+%: Makefile
+ @$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
diff --git a/docs/index.json b/docs/index.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 15c3e0e9787bb258efb7a66eb5c89c32f704eef5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/docs/index.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-- glossary
-- build from folders
- - intro.json
- - specs document
-
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/km3net-dataformat-specifications.tex b/docs/km3net-dataformat-specifications.tex
deleted file mode 100644
index e2e90ee650bc5982a5697f9d268af7e35f2d78d5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/docs/km3net-dataformat-specifications.tex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{article}
-\usepackage{graphicx}
-\usepackage{color}
-\usepackage{hyperref}
-
-\begin{document}
-\title{KM3NeT Dataformat Specifications}
-\author{Tamas Gal and Mieke Bouwhuis}
-\date{\today}
-\maketitle
-
-\tableofcontents
-
-\section{Detector Description (DETX, DATX)...}
-
-The corresponding Google drive document: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6l8SNtndcwaUTZPOWZOXzd6R3M
-
-\end{document}
diff --git a/docs/make.bat b/docs/make.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..747ffb7b3033659bdd2d1e6eae41ecb00358a45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/make.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+@ECHO OFF
+
+pushd %~dp0
+
+REM Command file for Sphinx documentation
+
+if "%SPHINXBUILD%" == "" (
+ set SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
+)
+set SOURCEDIR=source
+set BUILDDIR=build
+
+%SPHINXBUILD% >NUL 2>NUL
+if errorlevel 9009 (
+ echo.
+ echo.The 'sphinx-build' command was not found. Make sure you have Sphinx
+ echo.installed, then set the SPHINXBUILD environment variable to point
+ echo.to the full path of the 'sphinx-build' executable. Alternatively you
+ echo.may add the Sphinx directory to PATH.
+ echo.
+ echo.If you don't have Sphinx installed, grab it from
+ echo.https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
+ exit /b 1
+)
+
+if "%1" == "" goto help
+
+%SPHINXBUILD% -M %1 %SOURCEDIR% %BUILDDIR% %SPHINXOPTS% %O%
+goto end
+
+:help
+%SPHINXBUILD% -M help %SOURCEDIR% %BUILDDIR% %SPHINXOPTS% %O%
+
+:end
+popd
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a1d7e8cc6d4c42556a2ba23c41d1e63c2a2fd760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
+#
+# This file only contains a selection of the most common options. For a full
+# list see the documentation:
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
+
+# -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
+# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
+# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
+#
+# import os
+# import sys
+# sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+
+
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+
+project = 'KM3NeT Dataformat Specifications'
+copyright = '2024, The KM3NeT Collaboration'
+author = 'The KM3NeT Collaboration'
+
+# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
+release = '0.1'
+
+
+# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
+# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
+# ones.
+extensions = [
+ 'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
+ 'sphinx-jsonschema'
+]
+
+# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+
+# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
+# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
+# This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
+exclude_patterns = []
+
+
+# -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages. See the documentation for
+# a list of builtin themes.
+#
+html_theme = 'alabaster'
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
+# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
+# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
+html_static_path = ['_static']
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c81337d1afe90669c532e01d3a780b6f6a676f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+.. KM3NeT Dataformat Specifications documentation master file, created by
+ sphinx-quickstart on Tue Aug 20 09:58:21 2024.
+ You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
+ contain the root `toctree` directive.
+
+Welcome to KM3NeT Dataformat Specifications's documentation!
+============================================================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+ :caption: Contents:
+
+
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`modindex`
+* :ref:`search`
diff --git a/docs/specs/glossary.json b/docs/specs/glossary.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/docs/specs/template_index.json b/docs/specs/template_index.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 83b66fa4b6172a8de279eb4a5b104799f4fef364..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/docs/specs/template_index.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
- "description": "An introduction to the format",
- "references":
- {
- "key":
- {
- "title": "x",
- "reference": "URL"
- }
- }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/specs/template_specs.json b/docs/specs/template_specs.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d302509529ccbeb6ba5195adcef2ea5bf1fb17d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/docs/specs/template_specs.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{
- "title": "Extended name",
- "description": "An introduction to the format",
- "version": "",
- "filename_convention":
- {
- "namestring": "",
- "placeholder": {"abbrev": "description"}
- },
- "related_software": "",
- "filetype": "",
- "fields":
- {
- "name": "",
- "description": "",
- "ismandatory": "",
- "datatype": "",
- "contraints": ""
- },
- "headers": {},
- "metadata": {},
- "example": {},
- "validator": {},
- "references":
- {
- "key":
- {
- "title": "x",
- "reference": "URL"
- }
- }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c6b464c3f749e95239ab44e8b892d76b8aae5fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sphinx
+sphinx-jsonschema
diff --git a/specs/README.md b/specs/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..37bcda83f5b324895739cb0b556275c7ea020adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Data format specifications
+
+How to add ...
diff --git a/specs/templates/dataformat_standard.js b/specs/templates/dataformat_standard.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0950d9dba346ef81d8d36f1a2ed9297ef485416b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/templates/dataformat_standard.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{
+ "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+ "title": "Example Data Format",
+ "description": "This schema defines the format for the example data used in our physics experiment.",
+ "type": "object",
+ "properties": {
+ "experiment_id": {
+ "type": "string",
+ "description": "Unique identifier for the experiment.",
+ "examples": ["EXP12345"]
+ },
+ "timestamp": {
+ "type": "string",
+ "format": "date-time",
+ "description": "Timestamp when the data was collected.",
+ "examples": ["2024-08-19T14:31:00Z"]
+ },
+ "sensor_data": {
+ "type": "array",
+ "description": "Array of sensor readings collected during the experiment.",
+ "items": {
+ "type": "object",
+ "properties": {
+ "sensor_id": {
+ "type": "string",
+ "description": "Unique identifier for the sensor.",
+ "examples": ["SENSOR001"]
+ },
+ "value": {
+ "type": "number",
+ "description": "The reading value from the sensor.",
+ "examples": [23.5]
+ },
+ "unit": {
+ "type": "string",
+ "description": "The unit of the sensor reading.",
+ "enum": ["Celsius", "Kelvin", "Fahrenheit"],
+ "examples": ["Celsius"]
+ }
+ },
+ "required": ["sensor_id", "value", "unit"]
+ }
+ },
+ "metadata": {
+ "type": "object",
+ "description": "Additional metadata about the experiment.",
+ "properties": {
+ "location": {
+ "type": "string",
+ "description": "Location where the experiment was conducted.",
+ "examples": ["Lab A"]
+ },
+ "operator": {
+ "type": "string",
+ "description": "Name or ID of the person who conducted the experiment.",
+ "examples": ["John Doe"]
+ }
+ },
+ "required": ["location"]
+ }
+ },
+ "required": ["experiment_id", "timestamp", "sensor_data"],
+ "additionalProperties": false
+}