Semantic tags

Semantic tags are codes that provide metadata to pieces of information. For example, consider a rental DVD in a video store. The content of the movie itself if the information, but the metadata related to that DVD could include:

• Name of the film's director

• Names of the actors in the film

• Length in minutes

• Year of first release

• Number of times the DVD unit has been rented in the past 12 months

• Whether the DVD unit is "in" the store or "out" with a customer

For information about semantic tags on the MyWikiBiz site, see Help:Semantic tagging.

Typically in semantic web notation, semantic tags take on two forms -- attributes and relations. Note the difference between the attribute link (:=), and the relation link (::). Some examples:

Attributes:

[[employees:=5]]

[[founded:=1996]]

[[sector:=pizza]]

[[sector:=restaurant]]

[[sector:=pizzaria]]

[[sector:=pasta]]

[[city:=Berlin]]

Relations

[[partner of::Dia Strala]]

[[competitor of::Pizza Express]]