Re: [docbook] use case extensions

["mark boylan" <markboylan@hotmail.com>]

Thanks Bob.  That's probably what I will end up doing.

I was trying to figure out if it might be better to apply an id attribute to 
each step in the use case that I want to refer back to.  Then, set an 
attribute in each extension procedure to indicate that it is an extension.  
I guess the role attribute would be best for this (<procedure 
role="extension">).  But then, I'm not sure which property to use for the 
reference to the main procedure step.

Of course, if I do something like this, I'll have to create and maintain 
stylesheet extensions.

- Mark


>
>There is no numbering option in the stylesheets that will
>handle such a complex numbering scheme.
>
>I would do the extensions list as a variablelist,
>and manually enter the numbers as the <term> element.
>You could wrap a <link> element around the term content
>to form a link back to the scenario step.
>
><variablelist>
>   <varlistentry>
>     <term><link linkend="step2">2a</link></term>
>     <listitem><para>Exception occurs in step 2</para></listitem>
>   </varlistentry>
>   ...
>
>Unfortunately, this solution requires manual maintenance
>of the numbers in the extensions lists.
>

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