<steps-informal>

The <steps-informal> element allows authors to describe procedural task information without placing each step in an individual container element, which is a requirement of the related <steps> and <steps-unordered> elements. For example, <steps-informal> might contain a paragraph that describes more than one step in a single sentence, or it might contain sentences that mix steps together with information about the steps.

Content model

(Text | <dl> | <div> | <fig> | <image> | <lines> | <lq> | <note> | <object> | <ol> | <p> | <pre> | <simpletable> | <sl> | <table> | <ul> | <boolean> | <cite> | <keyword> | <ph> | <q> | <term> | <text> | <tm> | <xref> | <state> | <data> | <data-about> | <foreign> | <unknown> | <sectiondiv> | <draft-comment> | <fn> | <indextermref> | <indexterm> | <required-cleanup>)*

Not contained by any element.

Zero or more of the following
  • Text
  • <boolean>
  • <cite>
  • <data>
  • <data-about>
  • <div>
  • <dl>
  • <draft-comment>
  • <fig>
  • <fn>
  • <foreign>
  • <image>
  • <indexterm>
  • <indextermref>
  • <keyword>
  • <lines>
  • <lq>
  • <note>
  • <object>
  • <ol>
  • <p>
  • <ph>
  • <pre>
  • <q>
  • <required-cleanup>
  • <sectiondiv>
  • <simpletable>
  • <sl>
  • <state>
  • <table>
  • <term>
  • <text>
  • <tm>
  • <ul>
  • <unknown>
  • <xref>

Not contained by any element.

Inheritance

- topic/section task/steps-informal

The <steps-informal> element is specialized from <section>. It is defined in the task module.

Example

This section is non-normative.

<steps-informal>
 <p>Put the soil in the container any old way. It doesn't really matter how
you do it as long as it is at least 12 cm deep. Once the soil is in place,
water appropriately and wait.</p>
</steps-informal>

Attributes

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