Desktop connector architecture

The desktop connectors provide for direct desktop level integration within Lotus Quickr. This allows the end users to continue to leverage their daily productivity applications such as Lotus Notes, Lotus Sametime, Lotus Symphony, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, and Windows Explorer. Within these desktop applications, the user can exchange files with other users of the Lotus Quickr place or other desktop connector compliant application servers. The desktop connectors provide for rich content lifecycle operations such as check-in/check-out and round trip editing to name a few. For example, other application services including Enterprise Content Management solutions like IBM FileNet and IBM Content Manager, have been enabled to interact with the desktop connectors. The broad set of features currently provided by desktop integration allows for some users to fully operate out of the connectors without the need to leverage the Web browser.

While viewed as a single...