Collections

Physically separate containers for groups of bookmarks

A collection is a physically separate container of bookmarks in your Solid pod. Each collection is its own Turtle file under /bookmarks/— independent of every other collection, with its own bookmarks and its own topic tree.

How it differs from topics

Topics are tags within a single file — one bookmark can have many topics.
Collections are separate files — one bookmark belongs to exactly one collection at a time.

Use topics to organise within a workspace; use collections to keep different workspaces apart entirely (Work vs Personal, public vs private, archive vs active).

Why collections

Per-collection sharing. Each file has its own Solid ACL — share Work with colleagues without exposing Personal.
Independent backup. Back up or archive a whole collection by copying one file.
Scales better. Loading a 200-bookmark collection is fast no matter how many other collections exist.
No data is moved during migration — your existing bookmarks remain at /bookmarks/resource.ttl as the "All bookmarks" default collection.

Where it lives in the pod

All collection files live under /bookmarks/:

/bookmarks/index.ttl — the registry that lists every collection with its title and colour.
/bookmarks/resource.ttl — the default All bookmarks collection (kept at the historical filename to avoid moving data).
/bookmarks/<slug>.ttl — one file per additional collection.

Each collection file opens with a bookmark:BookmarkList resource carrying the collection's title, description, colour and created date — the metadata travels with the file if you ever copy it elsewhere.

Using collections

The sidebar has a Collections section near the top. Open the picker to switch to any existing collection — every list, search, sort, view (Atlas, Cards, …) and Pro tool then operates on that collection only.
The ⋮ kebab menu next to the picker holds every action that operates on the active collection: import bookmarks, export, find duplicates, broken-link check, find cover images, and delete all in this collection.
Click Manage in the section header to create new collections, rename existing ones, set a colour, or delete those you no longer need.

Note: Each collection has its own topic tree. Creating a "Work" topic in two collections gives you two distinct topic resources — they don't merge. Switching collections clears the selected topic, search, and any open detail panels.

Import & export

Importing a file adds bookmarks to a collection of your choosing — the import confirmation dialog lets you pick the destination (defaulting to the currently active one) and choose whether the imported file's dates should override existing dates on overwrite. Exporting gives you a self-contained file for the active collection — re-importable anywhere.

The default collection

The first collection (All bookmarks) cannot be deleted, only renamed. It holds anything created before you started using collections, plus any bookmarks added while no other collection is active.