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GOV.UK organising and grouping content

Documents grouping content by what it is about, hierarchical topics and subtopics, mainstream browse pages for public how-to content, and user-need checks for collections.

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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

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Browse by category Choose browse by category when the primary task is exploratory recognition: users know the area but not the exact item name or query. Activating a category navigates to a category view or expands a category hierarchy, not a filter chip on an unrelated result set. GOV.UK content guidance documents topics, subtopics, mainstream browse pages, and user-need-driven grouping.

Evidence Role

This source is treated as service-manual evidence. Use it to validate the decision rules above, not as a visual style reference.

Publisher: Government Digital Service. Last checked: .