We got a project enquiry to build a Smart Tag recently. Smart Tags are “plugins” to MS Office that allow quick execution to some tasks. You may have seen that when you type a name in MS Word, it shows you an action icon on the right side. Clicking on it gives you options to add the person to your address book etc. That’s a smart tag!
IE 6 has support for Smart Tags, but it was dropped in the IE that was bundled with XP because of a lot of hulla gulla! A lot of people hate Smart Tags!
So here is some more reading on Smart Tags!
- Nice introduction to Smart Tags on Microsoft site.
- A Developer’s take on Smart Tags.
- Smart Tag SDK on MSDN
In this world of Technorati tagging, Smart Tags look like an old idea! I am just amazed at how old ideas have taken a new form in Web 2.0 world!