def node_indent(elt_name, node_id, fact_term, attribute, highlight_node=None):
    """
    This tag uses a table structure to display indentation
    of fact terms based on the information contained in the
    node identifier.

    This tag and the closing 'node_indent_end' tag must
    enclose the value to be displayed after the display
    of the fact term.

    """
    # Some colors to chose from:
    color_dict = {0: {0: '#004C80', # blueish
                      1: '#005C99',
                      2: '#006BB2',
                      3: '#007ACC',
                      4: '#008AE6',
                      5: '#0099FF',
                      6: '#19A3FF',
                      7: '#33ADFF',
                      8: '#4DB8FF',
                      9: '#66C2FF',
                      10: '#80CCFF',
                      11: '#99D6FF',
                      12: '#B2E0FF',
                      13: '#CCEBFF',
                      14: '#E6F5FF'},
                  2: {0: '#008000', # greenish
                      1: '#009900',
                      2: '#00B200',
                      3: '#00CC00',
                      4: '#00E600',
                      5: '#00FF00',
                      6: '#19FF19',
                      7: '#33FF33',
                      8: '#4DFF4D',
                      9: '#66FF66',
                      10: '#80FF80',
                      11: '#99FF99',
                      12: '#B2FFB2',
                      13: '#CCFFCC',
                      14: '#E6FFE6'},
                  3: {0: '#804C80', # pinkish
                      1: '#995C99',
                      2: '#B26BB2',
                      3: '#CC7ACC',
                      4: '#E68AE6',
                      5: '#FF99FF',
                      6: '#FFA3FF',
                      7: '#FFADFF',
                      8: '#FFB8FF',
                      9: '#FFC2FF',
                      10: '#FFCCFF',
                      11: '#FFD6FF',
                      12: '#FFE0FF',
                      13: '#FFEBFF',
                      14: '#FFF5FF', },
                  1: {0: "#5C3D99", # violetish
                      1: "#6B47B2",
                      2: "#7A52CC",
                      3: "#8A5CE6",
                      4: "#9966FF",
                      5: "#A375FF",
                      6: "#AD85FF",
                      7: "#B894FF",
                      8: "#C2A3FF",
                      9: "#CCB2FF",
                      10: "#D6C2FF",
                      11: "#E0D1FF",
                      12: "#EBE0FF",
                      13: "#F5F0FF",
                      14: "#FFFFFF"}

    }

    indents = 100
    node_ids = node_id.split(':')
    fact_components = fact_term.split('/')

    if len(fact_components) == 1 and fact_components[0] == '':
        fact_components = []
    if attribute:
        fact_components.append("@%s" % attribute)

    fact_components = dict([(x, fact_components[x]) for x in range(0, len(fact_components))])


    #node_ids.reverse()

    result = []
    counter = 0
    for node in node_ids:
        is_attr = False
        if len(node) >= 1:
            if node[0] == 'A':
                is_attr = True

            node = node[1:]

        if len(node) > 0:
            node_nr = int(node)
        else:
            node_nr = 0
        if is_attr:
            node_mod = 2
        else:
            node_mod = node_nr % 2
        if is_attr:
            result.append("<%(elt_name)s style='background: %(color)s'>%(fact_term_component)s</%(elt_name)s>" % {
                'elt_name': elt_name,
                'fact_term_component': fact_components.get(counter, ''),
                'color': color_dict[2][max(14 - counter,4)]})
        else:
            result.append(
                "<%(elt_name)s style='width:1px; margin: 0px ; background : %(color)s'>%(fact_term_component)s</%(elt_name)s>" % {
                    'elt_name': elt_name,
                    'color': color_dict[node_mod][max(14 - counter,4)],
                    'fact_term_component': fact_components.get(counter, '')})

        counter += 1

    highlight = "style='background: #FF0000;'" if highlight_node == node_id else None

    result.append("<%(elt_name)s colspan='%(colspan)s' %(highlight)s>" % {'elt_name': elt_name, 'colspan': (indents - counter), 'highlight' : highlight})

    return "".join(result)