step

step — A unit of action in a procedure

Synopsis

Content Model

step ::=

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

  • performance (enumeration)
    • “optional”
    • “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.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

performance

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.

Parents

These elements contain step: procedure, stepalternatives, substeps.

ChangeLog

This alpha reference page is $Revision: 1.3 $ published $Date: 2005/07/07 16:41:39 $.