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.

Children

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

Attributes

performance

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

Examples

For examples, see procedure.