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DocBook: The Definitive Guide

DocBook: The Definitive Guide

By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner
1st Edition October 1999
1-56592-580-7, Order Number: 5807
652 pages, $36.95 , Includes CD-ROM

Step

Name

Step -- A unit of action in a procedure

Synopsis

Content Model

Step ::=
(Title?,
 (((CalloutList|GlossList|ItemizedList|OrderedList|SegmentedList|
    SimpleList|VariableList|Caution|Important|Note|Tip|Warning|
    LiteralLayout|ProgramListing|ProgramListingCO|Screen|ScreenCO|
    ScreenShot|Synopsis|CmdSynopsis|FuncSynopsis|FormalPara|Para|
    SimPara|Address|BlockQuote|Graphic|GraphicCO|MediaObject|
    MediaObjectCO|InformalEquation|InformalExample|InformalFigure|
    InformalTable|Equation|Example|Figure|Table|MsgSet|Procedure|
    Sidebar|QandASet|Anchor|BridgeHead|Comment|Highlights|
    Abstract|AuthorBlurb|Epigraph|IndexTerm)+,
   (SubSteps,
    (CalloutList|GlossList|ItemizedList|OrderedList|SegmentedList|
     SimpleList|VariableList|Caution|Important|Note|Tip|Warning|
     LiteralLayout|ProgramListing|ProgramListingCO|Screen|
     ScreenCO|ScreenShot|Synopsis|CmdSynopsis|FuncSynopsis|
     FormalPara|Para|SimPara|Address|BlockQuote|Graphic|GraphicCO|
     MediaObject|MediaObjectCO|InformalEquation|InformalExample|
     InformalFigure|InformalTable|Equation|Example|Figure|Table|
     MsgSet|Procedure|Sidebar|QandASet|Anchor|BridgeHead|Comment|
     Highlights|Abstract|AuthorBlurb|Epigraph|IndexTerm)*)?)|
  (SubSteps,
   (CalloutList|GlossList|ItemizedList|OrderedList|SegmentedList|
    SimpleList|VariableList|Caution|Important|Note|Tip|Warning|
    LiteralLayout|ProgramListing|ProgramListingCO|Screen|ScreenCO|
    ScreenShot|Synopsis|CmdSynopsis|FuncSynopsis|FormalPara|Para|
    SimPara|Address|BlockQuote|Graphic|GraphicCO|MediaObject|
    MediaObjectCO|InformalEquation|InformalExample|InformalFigure|
    InformalTable|Equation|Example|Figure|Table|MsgSet|Procedure|
    Sidebar|QandASet|Anchor|BridgeHead|Comment|Highlights|
    Abstract|AuthorBlurb|Epigraph|IndexTerm)*)))

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

Performance

Enumeration:

Optional
Required

"Required"

Tag Minimization

The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization.

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, SubSteps.

Attributes

Performance

Performance specifies whether particular Step in a Procedure must be performed or is optional.

Examples

For examples, see Procedure.

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