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step

step — A unit of action in a procedure

Synopsis

Content Model

step ::=
(title?,
(((calloutlist|glosslist|bibliolist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|
segmentedlist|simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|
tip|warning|literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|
screen|screenco|screenshot|synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|
classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|constructorsynopsis|
destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|formalpara|para|simpara|
address|blockquote|graphic|graphicco|mediaobject|
mediaobjectco|informalequation|informalexample|informalfigure|
informaltable|equation|example|figure|table|msgset|procedure|
sidebar|qandaset|task|productionset|constraintdef|anchor|
bridgehead|remark|highlights|abstract|authorblurb|epigraph|
indexterm|beginpage)+,
((substeps|stepalternatives),
(calloutlist|glosslist|bibliolist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|
segmentedlist|simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|
tip|warning|literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|
screen|screenco|screenshot|synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|
classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|constructorsynopsis|
destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|formalpara|para|simpara|
address|blockquote|graphic|graphicco|mediaobject|
mediaobjectco|informalequation|informalexample|
informalfigure|informaltable|equation|example|figure|table|
msgset|procedure|sidebar|qandaset|task|productionset|
constraintdef|anchor|bridgehead|remark|highlights|abstract|
authorblurb|epigraph|indexterm|beginpage)*)?)|
((substeps|stepalternatives),
(calloutlist|glosslist|bibliolist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|
segmentedlist|simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|
tip|warning|literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|
screen|screenco|screenshot|synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|
classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|constructorsynopsis|
destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|formalpara|para|simpara|
address|blockquote|graphic|graphicco|mediaobject|
mediaobjectco|informalequation|informalexample|informalfigure|
informaltable|equation|example|figure|table|msgset|procedure|
sidebar|qandaset|task|productionset|constraintdef|anchor|
bridgehead|remark|highlights|abstract|authorblurb|epigraph|
indexterm|beginpage)*)))

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

performance

Enumeration:

optional

required

"required"

Description

A Step identifies a unit of action in a Procedure. If a finer level of granularity is required for some steps, you can embed SubSteps in a Step. Embedded SubSteps contain Steps, so that substeps can be nested to any depth.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Steps are almost always numbered.

Parents

These elements contain step: procedure, stepalternatives, substeps.

Attributes

performance

Performance specifies whether particular Step in a Procedure must be performed or is optional.

Examples

For examples, see procedure.