Answer the step-up question at goal level: a path renders what every writer expects, so a link column steps up to its parent and may not end a path

2026-09-27 16:41:31 +02:00
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@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ In [docs/decisions.md](docs/decisions.md):
 - `parent` names the link column and the table alike
 - After a row, a path names a column or a linked table
 - A selected row is fixed, not drawn, and an unnamed read beside it is refused
+- A link column after a row steps up to the parent row, and a path may not end on it
 - A parent row with no child row is a load error
 - The choice-of-rows fence guards a data file's root, and requires string fields
 - A table is a record of string columns