Tagging Overview

Adding tags to your data model can streamline the process of setting up a system, especially large or enterprise systems. Instead of manually mapping data into the application point by point, trend by trend, systems integrators can use tags to facilitate the process. Tag information can also facilitate and improve search results and hierarchical navigation design. Tagging is a form of semantic modeling that assigns information (one or more tags) to objects. The tag information can help integrators and users significantly when searching for objects, designing system structures or navigating hierarchies.

If you add tags to station objects using standard Tag Dictionaries, other applications can discover station content without having to understand the naming convention used by the installer or system integrator. Typical station tagging might include things such as: networks, devices, points, control blocks, and more. You can also map all of these example objects to domain-specific semantic entities such as, buildings, systems, equipment to further indicate how they relate to each other. Tagging can identify a device and indicate where it is physically located. By identifying and locating devices, tags provide a context for the device that can be used in many different ways. When you use tags, you can reduce or eliminate the requirement to manually map objects directly to a desired application.