---
title: "PlatformListParent"
description: "the thing an item of a list belongs to, in the platform's words: the item field that carries the parent's key, the parent thing, and the relation from the item to it"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/platformlistparent
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# PlatformListParent

the thing an item of a list belongs to, in the platform's words: the item field that carries the parent's key, the parent thing, and the relation from the item to it

[figure: PlatformListParent is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | sources |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `field` | `text` | yes | the item field that carries the parent's key |
| `thing` | `text` | yes | a thing of the domain |
| `relation` | `text` | yes | a relation of the domain whose from side is the item's thing and whose to side is the parent's |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns PlatformListParent directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.