substeps

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.3 Part 2: Technical Content Edition

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Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.3 Part 2: Technical Content Edition
Version
1.3
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OASIS DITA Technical Committee

The substeps element allows you to break a step down into a series of separate actions, and should be used only if necessary. Try to describe the steps of a task in a single level of steps. If you need to use more than one level of substep nesting, you should probably rewrite the task to simplify it.

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

- topic/ol task/substeps

Example

<substeps>
<substep><cmd>Hold pencil in a steady, level position.</cmd></substep>
<substep><cmd>Turn handle until resistance diminishes.</cmd>
<info>Note: initially, it might be somewhat difficult to turn the handle if 
pencil has never been sharpened before.</info></substep>
<substep><cmd>To determine if pencil is sharp, remove it from the sharpener 
and inspect the tip.</cmd></substep>
</substeps>

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group and outputclass.