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Add data model support for linking comments to their annotated document content (Word/Office comments)

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Description

In document formats like Microsoft Word (.docx), comments can be anchored to specific text ranges within the document. The current data model supports storing comments in the `ContentLayer.NOTES` layer within `GroupLabel.COMMENT_SECTION` groups, but there is no mechanism to link a comment back to the specific DocItem(s) it annotates.

This linking capability is important for:

- Round-trip fidelity - reconstructing the original document structure
- Semantic understanding - knowing which content a comment refers to
- LLM/RAG applications - providing context about what text a comment is discussing
- Document analysis - tracing review/collaboration trails

In docling PR [#2834](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/pull/2834) basic Word document comment extraction was implemented. The next step is enabling comment-to-content linking, which requires data model changes in docling-core first.

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