<cause>

The <cause> element describes a potential source of the problem that is described in the <condition> element, the topic <title> element, or the <shortdesc> element. This information should be brief; if it is not possible to make the information brief, this might be a sign that a full troubleshooting topic is needed

Content models

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

Inheritance

- topic/section troubleshooting/cause

Example

This section is non-normative.

See troubleshooting.

Content model

<title>?(<dl> | <div> | <fig> | <image> | <lines> | <lq> | <note> | <object> | <ol> | <p> | <pre> | <simpletable> | <sl> | <table> | <ul> | <data> | <data-about> | <foreign> | <unknown> | <sectiondiv> | <draft-comment> | <fn> | <indextermref> | <indexterm> | <required-cleanup>)*?

Contained by

<troubleSolution>

Optional Optional <title>Zero or more of the following
  • <data>
  • <data-about>
  • <div>
  • <dl>
  • <draft-comment>
  • <fig>
  • <fn>
  • <foreign>
  • <image>
  • <indexterm>
  • <indextermref>
  • <lines>
  • <lq>
  • <note>
  • <object>
  • <ol>
  • <p>
  • <pre>
  • <required-cleanup>
  • <sectiondiv>
  • <simpletable>
  • <sl>
  • <table>
  • <ul>
  • <unknown>

Contained by

  • <troubleSolution>

Inheritance

- topic/section troubleshooting/cause

The <cause> element is specialized from <section>. It is defined in the troubleshooting module.

Attributes

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