Validation error when trying to insert a section into a general task(body)

[doctissimus]

Hi,

I am using Oxygen 22. I created a General Task file that generated a skeleton topic with the following declaration.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE task PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA General Task//EN" "generalTask.dtd">

Here is some pseudo-markup of the topic I'm trying to create:

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<task>
  <taskbody>
    <steps>
      ...
    </steps>
    <section>
      ...
    </section>
  </taskbody>
</task>

From what I can tell (http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1 ... s__section and http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.2/os ... ction.html), a section is allowed within a taskbody - but I'm getting a validation error from Oxygen.

Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks,

doctissimus

[april_m]

You want to use <stepsection> in a task. It is different from a regular <section> in that it acts more like a break between steps, not a container for steps. If you want to contain some steps beneath a parent step, use <substeps>. Also, you cannot end a task on <stepsection>; <stepsection> must be followed by <steps>. To add information at the end of a task, use <result> or <postreq>.

https://www.oxygenxml.com/dita/1.3/spec ... ction.html

[Radu]

Hi,

According to the DITA schemas you can have a section in a general task but it must appear before the context and steps.
So something like this is valid:

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<!DOCTYPE task PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA General Task//EN" "generalTask.dtd">
<task id="task_v2p_zzn_xkb">
    <title></title>
    <shortdesc></shortdesc>
    <taskbody>
        <section id="section_q3l_114_xkb">
            <title/>
            <p/>
        </section>
        <context>
            <p></p>
        </context>
        <steps>
            <step>
                <cmd></cmd>
            </step>
        </steps>
    </taskbody>
</task>

but you cannot insert it after the steps.

Regards,
Radu

[doctissimus]

Hi april_m and Radu,

Thanks very much for the great information, I appreciate your generosity as I climb this learning curve. I am hoping to place some supplemental information after the task steps, so I am going to try a potreq or a resuslts element.

Thanks, again.

doctissumus