>> This gives a significant advantage in that authors can link to the >> various instances just by knowing their own usage. For instance, if >> they provided a top-level toc at the beginning of their book, and a >> deeper-level toc later on, they could link to each separately by id by >> knowing this plan. > > This seems like a valid use-case.
Brainstorimg here: Why not export a subtree (with displaced section numbers) and splice the exported strings together to produce the compelete document. Subtree export of headline 1, but with section numbers starting at 1. Subtree export of headline 2, but with section numbers starting at 2. Splice them together. ---------------------------------------------------------------- There are books where each chapter could be written by different authors. The chapters are later spliced together to produce the master document. In case of OpenDocument, such files have *.odm extension. I can look up what the OpenDocument spec says or LibreOffice does. ----------------------------------------------------------------
