task
task — A task to be completed.
Synopsis
- Sequence of:
- One of:
tasksummary
?taskprerequisites
?procedure
- Zero or more of:
taskrelated
?
- One of:
Attributes
Description
A task
encapsulates a procedure providing an
explicit location for summary information, identifying prerequisites for
the task, examples, and pointers to related information.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block.
This element occurs in 73 elements.
Children
The following elements occur in task: example
, info
(db.titleforbidden.info), info
(db.titlereq.info), procedure
, subtitle
, taskprerequisites
, taskrelated
, tasksummary
, title
, titleabbrev
.
Examples
1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> 2 <title>Example task</title> <task> 4 <title>Changing a light bulb</title> <tasksummary> 6 <para>How to change a light bulb</para> </tasksummary> 8 <taskprerequisites> <para>Make sure you have a new light bulb.</para> 10 <para>Make sure you have turned off the light switch.</para> </taskprerequisites> 12 <procedure> <step><para>Remove the old light bulb.</para></step> 14 <step><para>Insert the new light bulb.</para></step> <step><para>Turn on the new light bulb.</para></step> 16 <step><para>Throw away the old light bulb.</para></step> </procedure> 18 </task> 20 </article>