In January 2007, Aaron Straup Cope at Flickr introduced the term machine tag as an alternative name for the triple tag, adding some questions and answers on purpose, syntax, and use.
U Januaru 2007, Aaron Straup Cope je u Flickr uveo izraz Mašinska oznaka kao alternativno ime ta trostruku oznaku, dodajući neka pitanja i odgovore namerno, sintaksa, i upotreba.