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Nomenclature
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 Subscriptions. There may be only one Board per page.
 * 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.  Topics may be subscribed to by multiple Boards.
 * Post - an atomic reply, comment, or object whose parent is a Topic.
 * Comment - synonymous with Post.
 * Reply - a child Post of another Post.
 * Branch - a series of Posts that are all ultimately children of a single Post.
 * MVP - an acronym standing for "Minimum Viable Product".