Editing HCL Notes (section)

===Database===
IBM Notes includes a [[database management system]] but Notes files are different from relational or object databases because they are document-centric. [[Document-oriented database]]s such as Notes allow multiple values in items (fields), do not require a [[database schema|schema]], come with built-in document-level access control, and store rich text data. IBM Domino 7 to 8.5.x supports the use of [[IBM Db2]] database as an alternative store for IBM Notes databases. This NSFDB2 feature, however, is now in maintenance mode with no further development planned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21384421|title=IBM Support statement for Lotus Domino NSFDB2 - United States
|date=January 10, 2017 |website=www-01.ibm.com |access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref> An IBM Notes database can be mapped to a relational database using tools like DECS, [LEI], JDBCSql for Domino or NotesSQL.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product4.nsf/wdocs/notessqlhome |title=NotesSQL |publisher=IBM |access-date=October 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602090000/http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product4.nsf/wdocs/notessqlhome |archive-date=June 2, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>