BSCW's Reply action lets you define links from existing Notes to a new Note that you plan to add to a Discussion. Links need to be defined in advance of actually creating the new Note; links cannot be retrofitted between existing notes.

If you want to reply to (= create a link to) an existing Note:

• click  Reply   for the intended note

to bring up the 'Reply form.

• choose the type of contribution (see section 4.9) most appropriate for the message of the Note you create -- the corresponding icon will later be displayed to the right of the name of the Note;
• write the text of the article into the 'Message' field. HTML tags following a <P> tag in the text of an article will be interpreted by browsers displaying the article.
  The form shows you the name(s) and message(s) of the Note that you reply to, offering a convenient way to copy parts of the text as citations that you may refer to in your contribution;
• enter the gist of your contribution in the 'Subject' field.