RE: straw poll: "parent" vs. "in-reply-to"

["Roger B." <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I disagree, a <a href=""> as an "in-reply-to" could be just as
> purposeful as parent...

Danny,

*Could be*, but mostly isn't. The vast majority of the hyperlinks in an
entry do not indicate a direct response to anything... they're generally
links to related material, shopping opportunities, and so on.

Again, there's nothing stopping a determined developer from abusing "parent"
just as she might abuse "in-reply-to", but there's more wiggle room in:

"This post is in reply to all these linked documents."

...than there is in:

"These linked documents are all parents of this post."

"Parent" is a conceptually concrete label. "In-reply-to" is more nebulous.

> Which of the following questions is easier to answer:
> What is a comment's parent?
> What is a comment in reply to?

The former, IMO.

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