Exploring view options for the Web

Views are important to most Domino applications. They provide the primary means by which documents are located and retrieved. But working with views on the Web is often more complicated or less satisfactory than using views with the Notes client. Several classic view options are available for web applications, all of which have draw-backs and implementation issues.

A specific view can be displayed on the Web in several different ways. So it is helpful to consider view attributes that influence design choices, in particular:

• View content

• View structure

• How a view is translated for the Web

• How a view looks in a browser

• Whether or not a view template is used

• View performance

• Document hierarchy

In terms of content, a view contains:

• Data only

• Data and HTML tags

In terms of structure, views are:

• Uncategorized

• Categorized

In terms of the techniques used by Domino to translate views for the Web, there are four basic methods:

• Domino-generated HTML (the default)

• Developer-generated...