Some people prefer the the name Tags over Labels, but both are essentially the same thing. |
Intro: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/What%27s+new-Labels http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Labels+Overview
Features included auto-completion, label suggestions, heat maps, ...
Label types:
by visibility
- global - once added all users will see it http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+a+Global+Label http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Viewing+Global+Labels
- personal - once added only the current user will see it - can be used for personal notes (e.g. "my:todo, my:fix, my:review") http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+a+Personal+Label http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Viewing+personal+labels
by function
- regular - labels associated with pages (can be global or personal)
- space - labels associated with spaces (can be global or personal) http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+a+Space+Label
- team - can be used to group together related spaces on the dashboard/Wikis Home page (e.g. all Solaris spaces, all Java spaces, ...) http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+a+Team+Label