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Nomenclature

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The following nomenclature is used in this document to avoid confusion. This nomenclature is development-facing, not user-facing, and terms may change when visible to the user.

Board - a collection of topics, equivalent to a talkpage. There may be only one Board per page. Flow-enabled or Occupied - a wiki can specify which pages and namespaces should display a Flow board. For example, several projects' Talk pages, or all User_talk pages. Header - content at the top of a Board (introductory text and such). There are/will be limitations on what can go in the header. Subscription - the "connective tissue" between a Board and a Topic. Topic - a "workflow instance". In the discussion space, this is a single discussion. This document concerns itself primarily with discussion workflows; however it should be noted that workflow instances can take many forms – votes, polls, Q&As... Topics may be subscribed to by multiple Boards. Summary - a Topic can be summarized (not implemented yet). Other workflows might be more elaborate, e.g. "Closed. Answer #7 to this question was accepted by the originator on 2013-10-15". Post - an atomic reply, comment, or object whose parent is a Topic. Reply - a child Post of another Post. In the first release, there is only one level of replies and these are called "Tangents". MVP - an acronym standing for "Minimum Viable Product". Moderation - A topic or a post can be "moderated" in 3 ways: Hide, Delete, and Suppress.
 * Topic Titlebar - the area collecting metadata, which currently includes: topic title, timestamp of last activity, number of comments, usernames of participants (ordered by: "$OriginalPoster, $MostRecentPoster, $SecondMostRecent, and X others")

Here's an annotated picture (from November, out of date):