Hi Steve,
You can actually mark that up with steps-ordered,
and leave it to the output process how to format it (for example, the DITA-OT
I think renders a step without siblings as a paragraph). But it's true
that you could use it for single-step procedures, particularly if the step
didn't really conform to the cmd/info etc. model for some reason.
I think another example of steps-informal
might be:
<steps-informal>
<ol>
<li>Just
write a simple set of steps</li>
<li>Because
I can't be bothered with cmd and info subelements</li>
</ol>
</steps-informal>
Michael Priestley, Senior Technical
Staff Member (STSM)
Lead IBM DITA Architect
http://dita.xml.org/blog/25
"Fogel, Stephen J"
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02/02/2009 03:11 PM
To
Robert D Anderson <>,
dita <>
cc
Subject
RE: [dita] Another request for steps-informal
example
Robert....
What is the philosophy of the group on how to document a task that has
only one step?
For example, a task topic entitled "Taking a Tablespace Offline"
might look like this:
==============
Taking a Tablespace Offline
Taking a tablespace offline temporarily prevents access to the data stored
in it. You may want to take a tablespace offline when....
To take a tablespace offline, submit the following statemment:
ALTER TABLESPACE tablespace_name OFFLINE;
See also: xxxx
====================
This is really a procedure with one step. Obviously, an ordered list with
one step would look odd, to say the least. How is something like this normally
handled in DITA? Might this be a candidate for this new markup?
Thx
Steve
Oracle
Steve Fogel | Information Architect, Oracle Database | 650.506.4914
Oracle Server Technologies Information Development
500 Oracle Parkway | M/S 4op1126 | Redwood Shores, CA 94065
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert D Anderson [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:23 AM
To: dita
Subject: [dita] Another request for steps-informal example
Hello everybody,
Early drafts of DITA 1.2 added a <process> element to task for describing
procedural task information that does not fit into <steps>. I asked
a couple of times for an example to include in the language specification,
but didn't get one.
Late last year we changed the name from <process> to <steps-informal>,
but I still don't have an example.
Can anybody on the list provide an example for the <steps-informal>
element? The original proposal does not explain the element beyond what
I've stated above, and does not give an example. I know a number of people
on the TC feel this element is critical, so I would appreciate it if one
of those people can provide an example to include in the Language Specification...
Thanks,
Robert D Anderson
IBM Authoring Tools Development
Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
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