---
title: "DocSection"
description: "one section of the documentation site: its purpose, its order and its pages"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/docsection
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# DocSection

one section of the documentation site: its purpose, its order and its pages

[figure: DocSection is a definition at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | definition |
| scope | platform |
| key | its slug |
| store | postgres |
| family | documentation |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `slug` | `text` | yes |  |
| `title` | `text` | yes |  |
| `order` | `count` | yes |  |
| `purpose` | `one of start \| install \| guides \| concepts \| reference \| for-models \| changelog` | yes |  |
| `pages` | `[id]` | yes | the pages of the section, by address |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns DocSection directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.