> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.katara.ai/about/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.katara.ai/about/governance-concepts/collections.md).

# Collections

Collections group approved knowledge sources so retrieval can stay scoped to the right context.

Collections group knowledge sources so AI retrieval can stay scoped to the right context.

In Katara's current platform framing, collections support the [AI Knowledge Base](/about/platform/ai-knowledge-base.md): they help organize approved sources and keep retrieval from becoming a loose search across everything an organization has stored.

## Why this matters

Collections help teams decide which information is relevant to a workflow. They can support more precise governance by making the retrieval boundary explicit.

## Related concepts

* [Knowledge sources](/about/governance-concepts/what-is-a-corpus.md)
* [Access and visibility](/about/governance-concepts/visibility.md)
* [Document ownership](/about/governance-concepts/document-ownership.md)