I digged around and found no answer to the following problem: I defined the environment myroman but using I failed. It is not clear for me why. %
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\newenvironment{myroman}[1][label=\roman*)]%
{\begin{enumerate}[#1]}
{\end{enumerate}}
%
\begin{document}
\begin{myroman}
\item First
\item Second
\end{myroman}
\begin{myroman}[resume*] % not working
\item Third
\item etc
\end{myroman}
%
This is working:
%
\begin{enumerate}[label=\roman*)]
\item one
\item two
\end{enumerate}
\begin{enumerate}[resume*]
\item three
\item four
end{enumerate}
\end{document}
enumitem
package documentation, p. 6: theresume
option acts locally; “if you want global resuming, see next section on series”.