# Discovery Framework features

This section discusses features of the Discovery Framework application.

- About page transitions
  Page transitions allow a component on one page in your Discovery Framework application to pass data to a component on another page. In addition, page transitions let you specify the tab state on a tabbed component on that page.
- About deep linking
  Deep linking allows users to construct URLs that take them from an external site to a target page in the Discovery Framework. In effect, these URLs act as external bookmarks to the Discovery Framework.