New with Tripal v3 are data collections. A data collection can be compared to a "shopping cart" system where site users can collect data of interest to them, and use that data later for other purposes. By default, Tripal offers data collections with the default search interface provided by views. This interface allows end-users to create data collections after searching for items using the default search. Once in a collection users can then generate files for downloading or use by other tools that support data collections.

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Provides the API for working with Data collections. This includes creation, experiation, and retreival.

Functions

Name	Location	Description
tripal_create_collection	tripal/api/tripal.collections.api.inc	Creates a collection of entities for a given user.
tripal_create_collection_files	tripal/api/tripal.collections.api.inc	Generates the downloadable files for a Collection
tripal_expire_collections	tripal/api/tripal.collections.api.inc	Deletes all collections that have surpassed their lifespan
tripal_get_collection	tripal/api/tripal.collections.api.inc	Retrieve a collection using the collection ID
tripal_get_user_collections	tripal/api/tripal.collections.api.inc	Retrieves an array of collections for a user.