Tags on Map.ca are signal, not label. They power discovery, structure, accessibility, and search across verticals. The Tag Governance Policy defines who can create tags, how the taxonomy evolves, how tags get deprecated, how tags interact with the AI tag-suggestion system, and how tag governance debates stay internal rather than spilling onto user surfaces as confusing labels.
It applies to anyone proposing a new tag, the Map.ca data team that approves taxonomy changes, Pin owners who apply tags, and the AI systems that suggest tags.
Requirements
- Structure new tags according to the documented taxonomy.
- Document tag deprecation and the migration path.
- Respect the tag-as-signal principle in every Map.ca surface.
- Route AI-suggested tags through human review before adoption into the canonical taxonomy.
Prohibitions
- Do not create tags whose purpose is marketing labelling.
- Do not use tags to evade moderation.
- Do not expose internal tag governance debates as user-facing labels.
- Do not let AI alone introduce tags into the canonical taxonomy.