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stepalternatives — Alternative steps in a procedure
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
Most steps in a procedure
are sequential: do the first, then the second, then the third. Sometimes
procedures provide an explicit ordering: do step 7 next.
The stepalternatives element was added to
support the semantics of alternative steps: perform exactly one of the
following steps. The reader is presumably given some criteria for deciding
which one to choose, but the significant difference is that only one of
the steps is performed.
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Specifies if the content is required or optional.
Enumerated values: | |
|---|---|
| “optional” | The content describes an optional step or steps. |
| “required” | The content describes a required step or steps. |
| | | |
| state | | step |