by docking I mean in the same area as say, the channel box and all that, or up on the shelf where i can add just the materials tab from the hypershade window.
'part of the layout' is where it takes up an actual viewport (replacing top, persp or whatever) so if you switch layouts it's gone
I already use 'docker' as recommended by acid, so that i have a permanent view of the outliner regardless of my viewport layout (as per the pic) without having it as a floating window getting in the way - I'm no good with scripts but if i can get the hypshd set up similar I'll be happy