Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > / Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > | Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > | I like the simplicity of it, but if we go with it, I think it might be > | useful to add a "class" attribute on Tocentry, with an enumerated list > | of values that correspond to DocBook component names, like this: > | > | <!ATTLIST Tocdiv class (dedication|preface|toc|lot > | |part|chapter|article|reference > | |bibliography|appendix|glossary > | |index|colophon) #IMPLIED > | ... > > [...] > | On the processing side, you'd be able to style those parts differently > | (bigger font or whatever) based on their class attributes. It seems > | like that was maybe part of the rationale for the current Tocfront/ > | Tocback/Tocchap/Tocpart division. > > I'm sure you're right. One of the problems is that the toc* structure > was never quite the same as the book structure so it was always an odd > fit. And as we added sectioning elements, we neglected to add toc* > elements. > > I agree that we want to make it possible for authors to keep hierarchy > information more explicitly than just by containment. > > Your proposal speaks of adding a 'class' attribute to tocentry but > then shows it on tocdiv. Are you proposing that we add a tocdiv or was > that a cut-and-paste error from an earlier proposal?
Cut-and-paste error. Should've been "!ATTLIST tocentry" -- I didn't mean to propose (or re-propose) that we add tocdiv; addition of the enumerated class attribute to tocentry is all I meant to suggest. --Mike
