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04 Sep 2004
OpenComment
The main idea of an OpenReview is review, describe your feelings on a book, CD or product. But you can also review websites, weblogs or weblog-entries. This sounds very similar to leaving a comments on a weblog-entry. I hardly leave a comment somewhere and if I do, I like to have a copy on my weblog. I like to keep ownership of all content that I put on the web. Thus comments on a weblog-entry will appear on my weblog as a separate entry. Basically this is a review of a weblog entry. The weblog entry that is reviewed is referenced through its permalink. Thus the identifier of the reviewed item is not the ISBN-number, but a permanent link.
By combining all this links through trackback the original writer of the weblog-entry can create a thread. This thread can be very complex as it can combine also comments on comments. The thread becomes hierarchical and not just linear. Note that a time-stamp of publication or creation-date is then essential to create a good thread.