NoteMan terminology

Basics

NoteMan terminology

NoteMan uses Lotus's object nomenclature for Lotus Domino.

Lotus object term Definition

Note Document or design element. The origin of the name Lotus Notes is the plural of Note.

Item Fielded data as stored in a Note. A "field" is a Lotus Notes front end user interface control for allowing a user to edit the value of an Item.

Note Collection Any set (user defined, formula defined, view defined) of Notes

UNID 32 character Universal ID for a note, valid for any replica of the database. The same Note replicated to another replica will have the same UNID.

NoteID Up to 8 character ID for a note, valid only for that replica of the database. The same Note replicated to another replica will have a different NoteID.

Lotus object term	Definition
Note	Document or design element. The origin of the name Lotus Notes is the plural of Note.
Item	Fielded data as stored in a Note. A "field" is a Lotus Notes front end user interface control for allowing a user to edit the value of an Item.
Note Collection	Any set (user defined, formula defined, view defined) of Notes
UNID	32 character Universal ID for a note, valid for any replica of the database. The same Note replicated to another replica will have the same UNID.
NoteID	Up to 8 character ID for a note, valid only for that replica of the database. The same Note replicated to another replica will have a different NoteID.