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# substeps

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$Date: 2002-06-12 07:19:37 -0400 (Wed, 12 Jun 2002) $

substeps — A wrapper for steps that occur within steps in a procedure

## Synopsis

### Content Model

    substeps ::=
    (step+)

### Attributes

Common attributes

Name | Type | Default
performance |
Enumeration:
optional
required
| "required"

## Description

A `Procedure` describes a sequence of `Step`s 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`.

`SubSteps` contain `Step`s, so substeps can be nested to any depth.

### Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. `SubStep`s are almost always numbered.

### Parents

These elements contain substeps: `step`.

### Children

The following elements occur in substeps: `step`.

## Attributes

performance

  `Performance` specifies whether particular set of `Substep` in a `Procedure` must be performed or is optional.

## Examples

For examples, see `procedure`.

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