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GOV.UK Publishing Design Guide Document collections

Documents document collections that group related documents on one page for a specific audience, theme, topic, task, event, series, or form set, including grouped headings, related-sidebar behavior, and update subscriptions.

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What this source can teach

Use this source to study a complete public-service task and the guidance that supports its implementation.

  1. Start with the original. Open the source and find the guidance or example relevant to your task.
  2. Trace the connection. Use the claim notes below to see how this site applies the source to specific patterns.
  3. Check the setting. Compare the source's platform, people, and constraints with your own decision.

Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

Pattern Supported decision Required contract Claim note
Collection Choose collection when the item set has its own name, purpose, owner, audience, membership, ordering, grouping, or sharing behavior. Collection actions and item actions have separate labels, placement, confirmation, and post-action feedback. GOV.UK supports document collections for grouped related documents, automatic contents lists, related-sidebar links, update subscriptions, and short descriptions.

Evidence Role

This source is treated as service-manual evidence. Its value comes from the specific claims and setting described above.

Publisher: Government Digital Service. Last checked: .

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