- chdesc
The <chdesc> element provides the content of the second cell in a choice table row. This content describes the option that people can take to complete the step, and it explains the result of the choice, if it is not immediately obvious.
- chdeschd
The <chdeschd> element provides a label for the second column in a choice table.
- chhead
The <chhead> element contains elements that provide labels for the columns in a choice table.
- choice
A <choice> element describes a way to complete the current step.
- choices
The <choices> element contains a list of choices. Each choice represents a way to complete the current step.
- choicetable
A choice table provides information about a set of options for completing a step.
- choption
The <choption> element contains the content of the first cell in a choice table row. This content labels the option that people can take to complete the step.
- choptionhd
The <choptionhd> element provides a label for the first column in a choice table.
- chrow
The <chrow> element represents a row in a choice table. It contains a pair of elements: <choption> and <chdesc>.
- cmd
A command specifies the action that people take to complete a step.
- context
Contextual information is background information that helps people understand the purpose of the task and what they will gain by completing it.
- info
The <info> element contains additional information about the step.
- postreq
Post-requisites are steps or tasks that people might need to perform after completing the current task.
- prereq
Prerequisites are things that people need to know or preliminary tasks that people need to perform before starting the current task.
- result
The <result> element describes the expected outcome for the task as a whole.
- step
A step is an action that people take to complete a task. It can also contain additional information about the step, such as an example, result, or troubleshooting guidance.
- stepresult
The <stepresult> element provides information about the expected outcome of a step.
- steps
Steps are a series of actions that people perform in a specific order and manner.
- steps-informal
Informal steps are steps that do not follow a strict content model. A paragraph might describe more than one step, or a paragraph might combine procedural information along with other information.
- stepsection
The <stepsection> element contains expository text that might be rendered before a step.
- steptroubleshooting
Step troubleshoooting is information that is intended to help people respond to the situation if a step does not complete as expected.
- steps-unordered
Unordered steps are steps in which the order of the steps to be performed might vary from one situation to another.
- stepxmp
A step example illustrates how a step is completed. The example might be text-based, an image, a code sample, a link to a video, or some other representation.
- task
The <task> element is the top-level element for a task topic. Task topics provide the instructions that guide people to perform a task.
- taskbody
The <taskbody> element contains the body of a task topic. The task body can include prerequisites, contextual information, steps, results, examples, troubleshooting information, and post-requisites. General task topics can also contain generic sections.
- tasktroubleshooting
Task troubleshooting information is information that is intended to help people respond to the situation if a task does not complete as expected.
- tutorialinfo
Tutorial information is information that is useful when the task topic is rendered as a tutorial.