substeps

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

Synopsis

substeps ::=

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

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

The substeps element contains steps, so substeps can be nested to any depth.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. The substeps 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 substeps: step.

Children

The following elements occur in substeps: step.

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