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.

any attribute

Any attribute in any other explicit namespace

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.