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Originally Posted by Hitch
To me, this is the single biggest stumbling block in creating two-way linked eBooks. It's not the simple stuff, linking from Index entry 1 to page X. It's the a) multi-page items (e.g., "page 75-80"), and b) how you solve the multi-targeted landing page/item.
To me, that's the biggest single issue.
Hitch
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As I wrote before, we can not use the three tools that handle those situation: CFI, XLINK, Javascript. We are forced to delegate the "back" option to the eReader program or device.
In some ebook I resolved the b) situation multiplying the landing places with same content but different "link back" reference (the paper for ebook is free). In your example I could have different Irish Settings entry with same content but different link to return to the correct starting href (Long-Coated Dogs; Hunting Dogs; Family-suitable Dogs... et ceterae), but oblivious this is not a thing I can do in every ebook.
Or, in EPUB3, I can radically change the structure and conception of the index-book, building it as an interactive query that shows in the same page the contents to which it refers, as would a database query, not an index.
But, I understand your point.