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Quoth · 07-24-2023, 07:59 AM

Yes, but just because something is in a specification doesn't mean it's a good idea to use. There are loads of things in epub3 that shouldn't be in a "real" ebook.

Out-of-order lists by some other criterion isn't a table of contents, even if a spec allows it. It should be a special index page. The TOC should then include that and be sequential, Anything else, even in a spec, makes not sense.

And also any such illogical TOC can't be automatically built. It would have to be manually edited everytime the source of the ebook is changed in structure.

07-24-2023, 07:59 AM	#5
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,284 Karma: 105299897 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Yes, but just because something is in a specification doesn't mean it's a good idea to use. There are loads of things in epub3 that shouldn't be in a "real" ebook. Out-of-order lists by some other criterion isn't a table of contents, even if a spec allows it. It should be a special index page. The TOC should then include that and be sequential, Anything else, even in a spec, makes not sense. And also any such illogical TOC can't be automatically built. It would have to be manually edited everytime the source of the ebook is changed in structure. Last edited by Quoth; 07-24-2023 at 08:02 AM.