HCL Connections has the following components: At Lotusphere 2010, IBM previewed features being planned for future releases,[2][3] including: HCL Connections uses open standards including ATOM and RSS to integrate with other applications, and provides a REST-like API for developers.
[4] Widgets can be added into HCL Connections, including those from Google Gadgets and other services as well as custom developed ones.
The ten HCL Connections components are built on a set of services according to the service-oriented architecture concept.
[10] A person's profile typically contains their name, job role, base location, reporting chain and details about the IBM Connection bookmarks, activities, communities and blogs in which they participate.
Any non-section entity in an activity can contain rich-text and custom fields for files, links, text, people and dates.
Wikis are a new capability added to IBM Connections 2.5 which facilitate the collaborative creation of web content.
A Connections Community can have its own media gallery, event calendar, ideation, microblogging, blog, forums, bookmarks, activities, feeds,[13] member list, Wiki and Files.
ISVs have also integrated into the IBM Connections platform, such as Trilogy Group to add Social Project Management for complex projects, ISW & Bunchball to add a gamification layer, Blogs which serves as a native iPad blogging app for IBM Connections.