`<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.

Usage information

The OASIS DITA Technical Committee distributes two document-type shells for task topics: general task and strict task.

General task: Has a more relaxed content model. It allows <section> and <steps-informal> inside of the task body; it also allows multiple instances and varying order for the elements that make up the task body.
(Strict) task: Maintains a strict order and cardinality for elements within the <taskbody> content model. The strict task is implemented with a constraint module.

The <task> element is specialized from <topic>. It is defined in the task module.

The following attributes are available on this element: architectural attributes and universal attributes.

For this element, the @id attribute is required.

The following code sample shows that <task> is the topic-level element for a task topic:

<task id="learn-dita">
  <title>Learning DITA</title>
  <!-- ... -->
</tas k>