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A **Group** represents a set of objects. Groups allow you to organize content, define user roles, and apply permissions to sets of objects.

h2. Methods

See "REST methods for working with Arvados resources":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html

API endpoint base: @https://{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/arvados/v1/groups@

h2. Creation

h3. Prerequisites

Prerequisites for creating a Group.

h3. Side effects

Side effects of creating a Group.

h2. Resources

Each Group has, in addition to the usual "attributes of Arvados resources":{{site.baseurl}}/api/resources.html:

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|_. Attribute|_. Type|_. Description|_. Example|
|name|string|||
|group_class|string|Type of group. This does not affect behavior, but determines how the group is presented in the user interface. For example, @folder@ indicates that the group should be displayed by Workbench and arv-mount as a folder for organizing and naming objects.|@"folder"@
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|description|text|||
|updated_at|datetime|||