Microsoft's Smart Tags were a proposed feature of Windows
XP that would allow Microsoft and its partners to insert their own links
into any Web page viewed through its Internet Explorer browser. These
links (which appear as purple dashed underlining, to differentiate them
from original content links) are similar to traditional hyperlinks, but
more complex and interactive: when the cursor hovers over a Smart Tagged
word, a drop-down list appears with a selection of links related to the
word. A number of companies are developing industry or application-specific
Smart Tag libraries - for example, for the insurance industry or for medical
applications. A Microsoft partner, Keylogix, has an application called
ActiveDocs Smart Tags that allows end users to create their own Smart
Tags from within Microsoft Word.
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