Using Tags to Organize Docket Collections
Our tagging feature helps you organize the cases you are working with into collections that you can share and browse.
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Developers can also access tags programmatically through our API.
Overview
When you tag a docket on CourtListener, you create a page listing the items that are labelled with that tag. This allows you to organize and describe the cases content for your own purposes or to share your tags with others.
You can use markdown to add a description of the tag to the collection, and you can make the tag public so that other people can see it too.
All of your public tags will be visible to others as a list of tags in your profile.
Tagging a Docket
Tags can be added to any docket by clicking the Tags button on a docket. Once clicked, a tagging tool will appear:
In that window, you can create new tags by typing in a name and pressing enter. If that tag already exists, it will be checked or unchecked when you press enter. If the tag does not yet exist, it will be created and the docket will be tagged with it. When you're done creating tags, close the tagging tool.
Editing or Deleting a Tag
Tags can be edited or deleted. To edit a tag, either find it on your list of tags or open it via the icon in the tagging tool.
When editing a tag, you can add a description to it using our editor or you can make it either public or private by toggling the setting in the actions drop down. Public tag pages are immediately visible to others.
Tags can be deleted either from the list of tags in your profile page or by using the actions drop down on a tag page, as shown above.
Coming Soon
For now, we only allow tagging dockets, but we hope to add more tags to more parts of CourtListener too.
Please stay tuned!
mike