Ten Minute Guide to Lotus Notes® 4.6

Understanding Databases

A Notes database contains a collection of documents technically termed Notes and is used to manage large amounts of related information. Notes Databases enable you to share information contained in these documents that can include externally created files such as text files, spreadsheets, graphics, and tables.

Notes databases typically fall into one of the following categories:

• Broadcast Information or current events that are updated frequently and accessed by many people who need to keep informed on certain subjects. Typical broadcast databases or applications are newsletters, industry news bulletins, or postings of meeting agendas and minutes.

• Reference Online libraries of reference information that are periodically ...