Editing HCL Notes (section)

==Design==
HCL Domino is a [[client-server]] [[cross-platform software]] application [[runtime environment]].

Domino provides email, calendars, [[instant messaging]] (with further HCLSoftware voice- and video-conferencing and web-collaboration), discussions/forums, [[blogs]], and an inbuilt personnel/user [[directory service|directory]]. In addition to these standard applications, an organization may use the Domino Designer development environment and other tools to develop further integrated applications such as request approval / [[workflow]] and [[document management]].

The Domino product consists of several components:

* HCL Notes client application (since version 8, this is based on [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]])
* HCL Notes client, either:
** a rich client
** a web client, HCL [[iNotes]]
** a mobile email client, HCL Notes Traveler 
* HCL Verse client, either: 
** a web email client, Verse on Premises (VOP)
** a mobile email client, Verse Mobile (for iOS and Android)
* HCL Domino server 
* HCL Domino Administration Client
* HCL Domino Designer (Eclipse-based integrated development environment) for creating client-server applications that run within the Notes framework

Domino competes with products from other companies such as [[Microsoft]], [[Google]], [[Zimbra]] and others. Because of the application development abilities, HCL Domino is often compared to products like [[Microsoft Sharepoint]].<ref>
{{cite web|author=Adriaan Bloem |url=http://www.realstorygroup.com/Blog/1752-The-Difference-between-SharePoint-and-Lotus-Notes/ |title=The Difference between SharePoint and Lotus Notes |publisher=Realstorygroup.com |date=December 3, 2009 
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{{cite web|last=McAmis |first=David |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/collaboration-lotus-notesdomino-7-vs-sharepoint-portal-server-2003/ |title=Lotus Notes/Domino 7 vs SharePoint Portal Server 2003 |publisher=ZDnet |date=May 25, 2006 
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</ref> The database in Domino can be replicated between servers and between server and client, thereby allowing clients offline capabilities.

Domino, a business application as well as a messaging server, is compatible with both Notes and web-browsers. Notes (and since IBM Domino 9, the HCAA) may be used to access any Domino application, such as discussion forums, document libraries, and numerous other applications. Notes resembles a web-browser in that it may run any compatible application that the user has permission for.

Domino provides applications that can be used to:
* access – store and present information via user interface
* enforce security
* replicate – allow many different servers to contain the same information and have many users work with that data

The standard storage mechanism in Domino is a [[document database|document-database]] format, the "Notes Storage Facility" (.nsf). The .nsf file will normally contain both an application design and its associated data. Domino can also access [[relational database]]s, either through another server called HCL Enterprise Integrator for Domino, through ODBC calls or through the use of XPages.

As Domino is an [[Runtime system|application runtime environment]], email and calendars operate as applications within Notes, which HCL provides with the product. A Domino application-developer can change or completely replace that application.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peoplecube.com/products-rs-lotus-notes-faq.htm/ |title=Third party alters and extends the email and calendaring application supplied by IBM for Lotus Notes |publisher=Peoplecube.com |access-date=October 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930230727/http://www.peoplecube.com/products-rs-lotus-notes-faq.htm/}}</ref> HCL has released the base templates as open source as well.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.slideshare.net/ddrschiw/ad113 |title=Lotusphere 2010 presentation: AD113 - IBM Lotus Notes Discussion Template: Next Generation and Other OpenNTF Assets |publisher=Slideshare.net |date=June 18, 2009
 |access-date=October 24, 2011}}</ref>

Applications can be developed for Domino in several [[programming language]]s, including:
* [[Java (programming language)|Java]] – directly or via XPages
* [[LotusScript]] – resembles [[Visual Basic (classic)]]
* [[JavaScript]] – via Domino AppDev Pack

The client supports a formula language and JavaScript. Applications can be built to run either in the Notes application runtime environment or via web server for use in a web browser, although the interface must be developed separately unless XPages is used.