Table of Contents based on XML Tag

Hi,
I have created a catalogue containing over 100 pages.
All of the pages were populated using an XML file.
Each page has a Title tag populated through XML
Is it possible to create a Table of Contents based on the XML tag of Title?

Perhaps by script (try InDesign Scripting) but ID's own TOC ustility is driven entirely by paragraph styles.

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