diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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 .DS_Store
-target/
 *.xpr
+
+# Build results
+target/
+
+# Testenvironment
+.tox
+
+# Editors
+*~
+.*.swp
 .bak
-*.swp
 
 # NetBeans user-specific build actions
 nbactions.xml
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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+Volume API Repository
+++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+This repository contains documentation for the OpenStack project.
+
+For more details, see the `OpenStack Documentation wiki page
+<http://wiki.openstack.org/Documentation>`_.
+
+It includes these manuals:
+
+ * Block Storage Service API v1 Reference
+ * Block Storage Service API v2 Reference
+
+
+Prerequisites
+=============
+`Apache Maven <http://maven.apache.org/>`_ must be installed to build the
+documentation.
+
+To install Maven 3 for Ubuntu 12.04 and later,and Debian wheezy and later::
+
+    apt-get install maven
+
+On Fedora 15 and later::
+
+    yum install maven3
+
+Building
+========
+
+The manuals are in the ``v1`` and ``v2`` directories.
+
+To build a specific guide, look for a ``pom.xml`` file within a subdirectory,
+then run the ``mvn`` command in that directory. For example::
+
+    cd v2
+    mvn clean generate-sources
+
+The generated PDF documentation file is::
+
+    api-quick-start/target/docbkx/webhelp/api-quick-start-onepager-external/api-quick-start-onepager.pdf
+
+The root of the generated HTML documentation is::
+
+    api-quick-start/target/docbkx/webhelp/api-quick-start-onepager-external/content/index.html
+
+Testing of changes and building of the manual
+=============================================
+
+Install the python tox package and run ``tox`` from the top-level
+directory to use the same tests that are done as part of our Jenkins
+gating jobs.
+
+If you like to run individual tests, run:
+* ``tox -e checkniceness`` - to run the niceness tests
+* ``tox -e checksyntax`` - to run syntax checks
+* ``tox -e checkdeletions`` - to check that no deleted files are referenced
+* ``tox -e checkbuild`` - to actually build the manual
+
+tox will use the `openstack-doc-tools package
+<https://github.com/openstack/openstack-doc-tools>`_ for execution of
+these tests. openstack-doc-tools has a requirement on maven for the
+build check.
+
+
+Contributing
+============
+
+Our community welcomes all people interested in open source cloud
+computing, and encourages you to join the `OpenStack Foundation
+<http://www.openstack.org/join>`_.
+
+The best way to get involved with the community is to talk with others online
+or at a meetup and offer contributions through our processes, the `OpenStack
+wiki <http://wiki.openstack.org>`_, blogs, or on IRC at ``#openstack``
+on ``irc.freenode.net``.
+
+We welcome all types of contributions, from blueprint designs to documentation
+to testing to deployment scripts.
+
+If you would like to contribute to the documents, please see the
+`Documentation HowTo <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/HowTo>`_.
+
+Bugs
+====
+
+Bugs should be filed on Launchpad, not GitHub:
+
+   https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-api-site/
+
+
+Installing
+==========
+Refer to http://docs.openstack.org to see where these documents are published
+and to learn more about the OpenStack project.
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
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+openstack-doc-tools
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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+[tox]
+minversion = 1.6
+envlist = checkniceness,checksyntax,checkdeletions,checkbuild
+skipsdist = True
+
+[testenv]
+setenv =
+   VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
+   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+   LC_ALL=C
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+
+[testenv:venv]
+commands = {posargs}
+
+[testenv:checkniceness]
+commands = openstack-doc-test  --api-site --check-niceness {posargs}
+
+[testenv:checksyntax]
+commands = openstack-doc-test  --api-site --check-syntax {posargs}
+
+[testenv:checkdeletions]
+commands = openstack-doc-test  --api-site --check-deletions {posargs}
+
+[testenv:checkbuild]
+commands = openstack-doc-test  --api-site --check-build {posargs}