An XML file for inclusion:
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"> <info> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-04-19" status="candidate"/> <credit type="author copyright editor"> <name>Rupert Monkey</name> <email its:translate="no">rupert@example.com</email> <years>2013</years> </credit> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> </info> <comment> <cite href="mailto:rupert@example.com">Rupert Monkey</cite> <p>This snippet is included on other pages.</p> </comment> <steps> <item> <p>Some item for inclusion</item> </item> </steps> </page>
Include the steps in another file:
<include href="some-item.xml" xpointer="xmlns(mal=http://projectmallard.org/1.0/)xpointer(/mal:page/mal:steps)" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>