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[[Lotus]] [[Notes]] and [[Domino]] use the '''Notes Storage Facility (NSF)''' database to store e-mails, appointments, tasks, contacts, notes, etc.

== MIME types ==

* application/x-lotus-notes
* application/vnd.lotus-notes

== File signature ==

The NSF has the following file signature:
hexadecimal: 1a 00 (which is often followed by: 00 04 00 00)

== File types ==

NSF defines an on-disk structure (ODS) version.
* 16 (Notes 1.x, 2x)
* 17 (Notes 3.x)
* 20 (Notes 4.x)
* 41 (Notes 5.x)
* 43 (Notes 6, 7 and 8)
* 48 (Notes 8)
* 51 (Notes 8.5)

One significant change in the Record Relocation Vector (RRV) seems to be introduced in format revision 22.

== Contents ==

The NSF basically is a collection of '''Notes'''. A '''Note''' in concept is similar to that of an object or item; mainly a container for data and metadata. '''Notes''' are used to store a vast variety of items, e.g. emails, documents, appointments, log-entries, data-views, forms, etc.

== Encryption ==

Notes can use various forms of encryption see: [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/ls-Notes_Encryption/index.html Notes from Support: Notes Encryption - Locks for a Digital World].

== See also==

* [http://www-12.lotus.com/ldd/doc/tools/c/7.0/api70ref.nsf Lotus C API Notes/Domino 7.0 Reference]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_Storage_Format Wikipedia IBM Lotus Notes]
* [http://code.google.com/p/libnsfdb/downloads/detail?name=Notes%20Storage%20Facility%20%28NSF%29%20database%20file%20format.pdf Notes Storage Facility (NSF) database file format.pdf], by the [[libnsfdb|libnsfdb project]], February 2010

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