MongoDB commenting system Slug, What is it for?
mongodb, slug
Solution
For my opinion, it looks like some kind of a URL shortcut to get the comments, for example, when you type: `http://site.com/34db/8bda` it will bring you the comment itself, the `full-slug` is for sorting and ordering the comments by the time they posted.
Problem
I'm reading a tutorial on MongoDB on how to model the DB for commenting system in here. One comment document has the following information: ``` { _id: ObjectId(...), discussion_id: ObjectId(...), parent_id: ObjectId(...), slug: '34db/8bda' full_slug: '2012.02.08.12.21.08:34db/2012.02.09.22.19.16:8bda', posted: ISODateTime(...), author: { id: ObjectId(...), name: 'Rick' }, text: 'This is so bogus ... ' } ``` What I can't seem to understand is what the `slug` and `full_slug` are for, can't understand it from the document.