According to [The Real Essential Questions of Every Beta](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/223674/the-real-essential-questions-of-every-beta) one of the essential questions is to establish a good base for a taxonomy by using sensible tags.

To help us keep the the taxonomy clean I'll aggregate some in this post and provide a blueprint suggestion for tag wikis in an answer. If this is well received I will expand the list of tags at the bottom of the blueprint over time like I have [over at ELU](https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/a/9464/184706).

**How we handle tags so far**

* We use [corporation-productName] tags (cf. [this](https://iot.meta.stackexchange.com/a/45/78)) for physical products of a specific company. Examples are [amazon-echo](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/amazon-echo "show questions tagged 'amazon-echo'"), [samsung-smartthings](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/samsung-smartthings "show questions tagged 'samsung-smartthings'"), [google-home](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/google-home "show questions tagged 'google-home'") and [philips-hue](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/philips-hue "show questions tagged 'philips-hue'"). These tags are singular.
* Apparently we use just the service name or protocol for non-physical things. Examples are [mqtt](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/mqtt "show questions tagged 'mqtt'"), [alexa](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/alexa "show questions tagged 'alexa'") and [wifi](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/wifi "show questions tagged 'wifi'").
* We prefer [plural tags](https://iot.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74/should-these-tags-be-plural) whenever we refer to general concepts or generic product categories. Examples are [standards](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/standards "show questions tagged 'standards'"), [sensors](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/sensors "show questions tagged 'sensors'"), [tracking-devices](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/tracking-devices "show questions tagged 'tracking-devices'"). Exceptions are words that are uncountable or would change their meaning when pluralized, e.g. [security](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/security "show questions tagged 'security'") and [safety](https://iot.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/safety "show questions tagged 'safety'").