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Views Overview

SolidOS provides various views (also known as panes) that allow you to interact with different types of data in your Solid Pod. Each view is designed to handle specific data types and use cases.

Primary Views

These are the main views for working with social and collaborative data:

ViewIconDescription
Address BookMaintain your contacts and groups
ChatShort chat sessions
Long ChatMulti-day chat sessions
FriendsManage your friends list
MeetingSchedule and manage meetings
Note PadCollaborative notepad
Scheduled EventSchedule events
ProfileView and edit profiles

Utility Views

These views provide system-level functionality:

ViewIconDescription
SharingControl access permissions
SourceView and edit raw source
Under the HoodAdvanced operations including delete

User Roles

The views available to you depend on your selected user role(s):

  • Default - Standard social views available to all users
  • Power User - Additional views like Meeting, Note Pad, and Scheduled Event
  • Developer - Technical views like Data, N3, and RDF/XML

See the User Roles reference for a complete list of which views are available for each role.