# ✍️ Tag, Default

Use for categorizing or labeling items (e.g., "Design", "In Progress"). Can be interactive (removable) or static metadata.

import Anatomy from "../../../../../../components/Anatomy.astro";
import VariantMatrix from "../../../../../../components/VariantMatrix.astro";
import MotionPattern from "../../../../../../components/MotionPattern.astro";
import AccessibilityRefs from "../../../../../../components/AccessibilityRefs.astro";
import PageMetadata from "../../../../../../components/PageMetadata.astro";
import StubFooter from "../../../../../../components/StubFooter.astro";
import DoDont from "../../../../../../components/DoDont.astro";
import Callout from "../../../../../../components/Callout.astro";
import TermList from "../../../../../../components/TermList.astro";
import ComponentTabs from "../../../../../../components/ComponentTabs.astro";
import ConfidenceChip from "../../../../../../components/ConfidenceChip.astro";
import MediaAsset from "../../../../../../components/MediaAsset.astro";

<PageMetadata
  slug="components.tag-default.content"
  source="components/dist/registries/dskit.json#tag-default"
  schema={1}
  updated="2026-05-14"
/>

<ComponentTabs component={"tag-default"} activeTab={"content"} />

## Content guidelines

Tags categorize or label items with metadata values such as topics, types, or user-defined attributes. The tag component has several variants: default, status, stage, catalog, interactive, and updated.

### When to use

- To categorize or label items with metadata values such as topics, types, or user-defined attributes.
- Do not use tags as action triggers — they are labels, not buttons. Use an [interactive tag](/components/data-display/tag-identification-key/tag-interactive/) for clickable tag behavior.

### Style

- Use sentence case.
- Keep tag text to one to three words.
- Status tags use standard vocabulary: Active, Inactive, Draft, Published, Deprecated, Error.