APPLICATION MANAGEMENT
Suppose you need to add a Confidentiality field to all discussion databases, so that authors can mark specific documents as "Confidential -- For internal use only." All databases that base their design on the Discussion template will inherit this field.
Add the field directly to the IBM® Lotus® Domino(TM) Designer Discussion template. Every database associated with the template inherits the new Confidential field.
DISCSW6.NTF (StdR6Disc)
|-----------TRAVEL.NSF Travel discussion inherits from StdR6Disc
Most users' mail databases inherit their design from the standard IBM® Lotus® Notes® mail template, but the Eastern region employees need a Reply to Customer form in their mail databases. Make a copy of the Notes mail template to use as a base for the Eastern mail template. You inherit the design from the Notes mail template, but after creating the Reply to Customer form, you click "Prohibit design refresh or replace to modify" in the Design Document Properties box so the form won't be deleted when the server re-synchronizes the design of mail databases.
The Eastern region's template inherits its design from the Domino mail template and also serves as a template itself.
MAIL6.NTF (StdR6Mail)
|-----EASTMAIL.NTF (StdEastMail) Eastern mail template inherits from StdR6Mail
You create a new template called DesignNotebook to store centralized information, such as employee names and product numbers, as well as generic design elements, such as Main Document forms and All by Category views. Developers and experienced users browse through the Design Notebook when they create a new database and copy and inherit elements to speed up their design work.
DESIGN.NTF (DesignNotebook)
|--------- Employees Directory: Inherit the Employee Information form and EmployeeID field
from DesignNotebook
|--------- Product Catalog: Inherit the Product ID Update agent from DesignNotebook