The orderedlist is like the itemizedlist except that each listitem is numbered or lettered. The numeration attribute specifies what kind of numbering will be used and can be one of the following values: arabic, upperalpha, loweralpha, upperroman, lowerroman. There are several other attributes that control the appearance of an orderedlist, see the DocBook Reference for details. orderedlists can contain other lists.

 <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem><para>Wake up.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Eat Breakfast.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Take a shower.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Contemplate my navel.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Go to Sleep.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>

The example will look something like this when converted: