Re: Table of contents tag for html 5?

On Jan 23, 2008 5:56 AM, James Graham <jg307@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Daniel Benamy wrote:
>
> > There could also be attributes which control how the table of contents
> > is generated, such as whether the entries are numbered or not or which
> > headings are included (all, only those after the <toc>, only those
> > before, only headings greater than n, etc.)
>
> The main problem with this is that it would break incremental rendering; the toc
> couldn't be rendered completely until the entire document has been fetched, so
> the UA would have to re-layout the page to insert the toc, creating an
> unpleasant user experience.
>
> In general, this feature seems like something that would be better handled on
> the server side, with the publishing system converting <toc/> to the fully
> expanded HTML (which could then be adjusted as needed on a per-site basis).

I see. Thanks for the reply.

Dan