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<prereq>

The <prereq> element of a task contains prerequisites that the user needs to know or do before starting the current task. Implementations MAY render prerequisite links from the related-links section together with the <prereq> content.

Content models

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

Inheritance

- topic/section task/prereq

Example

<task id="sqlj">
 <title>Creating an SQLJ file</title>
 <taskbody>
  <prereq>Before creating a new SQLJ file, you must 
  log in to the SQLJ server.</prereq>
 </taskbody>
</task>

Attributes

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

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