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substeps

substeps — A wrapper for steps that occur within steps in a procedure

Synopsis

Content Model

substeps ::=
(step+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

performance

Enumeration:

optional

required

"required"

Description

A Procedure describes a sequence of Steps that a reader is expected to perform. If a finer level of granularity is required for some steps, you can use SubSteps to embed substeps within a Step.

SubSteps contain Steps, so substeps can be nested to any depth.

Processing expectations

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

Parents

These elements contain substeps: step.

Children

The following elements occur in substeps: step.

Attributes

performance

Performance specifies whether particular set of Substep in a Procedure must be performed or is optional.

Examples

For examples, see procedure.