Create a collection

Create a collection within a registry to organize your artifacts. A collection is a set of linked artifact versions in a registry. Each collection represents a distinct task or use case and serves as a container for a curated selection of artifact versions related to that task.

For example, the preceding image shows a registry named "Forecast". Within the "Forecast" registry there are two collections called "LowLightPedRecog-YOLO" and "TextCat".

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If you are familiar with W&B Model Registry, you might aware of "registered models". In W&B Registry, registered models are renamed to "collections". The way you create a registered model in the Model Registry is nearly the same for creating a collection in the W&B Registry. The main difference being that a collection does not belong to an entity like registered models.

The following steps describe how to create a collection within a registry using the W&B Registry App UI:

1. Navigate to the Registry App in the W&B App UI.
2. Select a registry.
3. Click on the Create collection button in the upper right hand corner.
4. Provide a name for your collection in the Name field.
5. Select a type from the Type dropdown. Or, if the registry enables custom artifact types, provide one or more artifact types that this collection accepts.
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   An artifact type can not be removed from a registry once it is added and saved in the registry's settings.

6. Optionally provide a description of your collection in the Description field.
7. Optionally add one or more tags in the Tags field.
8. Click Link version.
9. From the Project dropdown, select the project where your artifact is stored.
10. From the Artifact collection dropdown, select your artifact.
11. From the Version dropdown, select the artifact version you want to link to your collection.
12. Click on the Create collection button.