Talk:Tag (metadata)

As a relative newbie to folksonomies - tags, in particular - I'm wondering if there's a protocol, per se, for displaying the tag links in one's content. In a blog entry, for instance:

• Where should the tags appear?
• Is it kosher for them to be italicised?
• Can they have delimiters other than spaces?
• etc.

The syntax rules for the tag links are necessary because computer programs need to identify them. Apart from the programmatic need, what should an author consider when displaying tags? What sort of leeway is reasonable if one prefers to display one's tags a little differently from the norm?

--aslam 23:27, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)