step

$Revision: 3321 $

$Date: 2003-12-23 10:26:49 -0500 (Tue, 23 Dec 2003) $

step — A unit of action in a procedure

Synopsis

Content Model

step ::=
(title?,
 (((%component.mix;)+,
   ((substeps|stepalternatives),
    (%component.mix;)*)?)|
  ((substeps|stepalternatives),
   (%component.mix;)*)))

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.