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What is the way to point to document index/TOC/up in HTML5?


HTML 4 spec has rel="index" / rel="contents" / rel="up".

HTML 5 spec have no such elements.

Do they officially deprecated? Or may I just look in wrong place of HTML 5 spec?

What is the way to point to document index/TOC in HTML5 (in multi-page document)?


HTML 5 still have rel="prev" / rel="next" and naturally I expected for a way to express going up like in usual document navigation:

<Prev  |  Up  |  Next>

Solution

  • Thanks @Jordan for link that described reasons for rejection of top/index/up from HTML 5 spec.

    A few more links:

    So there is no machine readable possibility to go one level up (especially with previous HTML 4 rel="up"), despite presence of semantic meaning for navigating up in breadcrumb, hierarchical documentation and possible forums/boards.