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date_published: 2025-01-30
date_modified: 2025-01-30
title: Hierarchies
description: Welcome section hierarchies, including links to the overview, examples and sorting pages
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# Hierarchies 

# Hierarchies

Use hierarchies to model tree structures of content.

- **Introducing hierarchies**: An introduction to using hierarchies to model tree structures of content. Includes examples. [Learn more about hierarchies](https://amplience.com/developers/docs/dev-tools/content-modeling/hierarchies/about-hierarchies/)
- **Creating content type schemas for hierarchies**: How to include the hierarchy trait and create content type schemas for hierarchy nodes. [Learn how to define your content type schemas](https://amplience.com/developers/docs/dev-tools/content-modeling/hierarchies/hierarchy-schemas/)
- **Sorting hierarchy nodes**: How to support drag and drop for hierarchies and define your own custom sort. [Learn about sorting hierarchy nodes](https://amplience.com/developers/docs/dev-tools/content-modeling/hierarchies/sorting-hierarchies/)
- **Retrieving hierarchy content**: How to retrieve hierarchical content using the Content Delivery APIs. Includes an overview of the Filter API and Hierarchy API. [Learn more about the Content Delivery APIs](https://amplience.com/developers/docs/dev-tools/content-modeling/hierarchies/hierarchy-content-delivery/)
- **Managing hierarchy nodes**: How to remove a node from a hierarchy and use the hierarchy extension. [Learn how to manage hierarchies](https://amplience.com/developers/docs/dev-tools/content-modeling/hierarchies/managing-hierarchies/)
- **Hierarchy user guide**: How to create and work with hierarchies. [Learn how to work with hierarchies](https://amplience.com/developers/docs/user-guides/produce-content/hierarchies/)