Using the Notes feature, BSCW offers a flexible and powerful function to annotate documents and URL objects. Notes may complement description and rating as meta information on these types of objects.

A note is transferred with the object it is attached to when you 'cut' or 'delete' this object. A note is not included, however, when you 'copy', 'archive' or 'send' the object it is attached to.

A document or URL object can have only one note object attached to it as an annotation. Within this attached note object the same functionality as in a "stand-alone" discussion forum is available, i.e., it can consist of one or more sub-notes, possibly arranged in several discussion threads.

• Click  Attach note   for a document or URL object to bring up the 'Add Note form.
• Choose the type of note, enter a name in the 'Subject' field and enter the text of the annotation.

If a note is attached to an object, this is indicated by the icon in the 'Note' column in a folder listing. Clicking this icon displays the content of the note.