http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/05/19/in-silverlight-tags-are-just-strings.aspx[Updated with trivial, off-topic comment (at bottom of post) on 5/26] Tim Binkley-Jones sent in a Tip of the Day that custom attached properties make a superior choice to Tags because, in Silverlight, Tags can only be strings . This is not what I&#39;veenCommunityServer 2007 (Build: 20416.853)http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/05/19/in-silverlight-tags-are-just-strings.aspx#78560Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:42:47 GMTd0d632c8-a6f7-4f68-b0ce-26aaafd62132:78560exotribe<p>In Tag, you are not it I mistakenly said you need an IValueConverter so that the xaml parser could convert the string &amp;quot;Divide&amp;quot; into the enum value Operator.Divide.&amp;#160; (I must've been too busy trying to find a clever Parthian Shot.)</p> <p>IValueConv</p> <img src="http://blogs.silverlight.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=78560" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/05/19/in-silverlight-tags-are-just-strings.aspx#54391Tue, 20 May 2008 20:46:13 GMTd0d632c8-a6f7-4f68-b0ce-26aaafd62132:54391re: In Silverlight, Tags are just strings??? | My Geek Solutions … | My Geek Solutions<p>Pingback from &nbsp;re: In Silverlight, Tags are just strings??? | My Geek Solutions &amp;#8230; | My Geek Solutions</p> <img src="http://blogs.silverlight.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=54391" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/05/19/in-silverlight-tags-are-just-strings.aspx#54375Tue, 20 May 2008 19:00:51 GMTd0d632c8-a6f7-4f68-b0ce-26aaafd62132:54375re: In Silverlight, Tags are just strings??? | My Geek Solutions | My Geek Solutions<p>Pingback from &nbsp;re: In Silverlight, Tags are just strings??? | My Geek Solutions | My Geek Solutions</p> <img src="http://blogs.silverlight.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=54375" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/05/19/in-silverlight-tags-are-just-strings.aspx#54360Tue, 20 May 2008 16:34:17 GMTd0d632c8-a6f7-4f68-b0ce-26aaafd62132:54360Dew Drop - May 20, 2008 | Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew<p>Pingback from &nbsp;Dew Drop - May 20, 2008 | Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew</p> <img src="http://blogs.silverlight.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=54360" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/05/19/in-silverlight-tags-are-just-strings.aspx#54343Tue, 20 May 2008 15:20:10 GMTd0d632c8-a6f7-4f68-b0ce-26aaafd62132:54343re: In Silverlight, Tags are just strings… | My Geek Solutions<p>Pingback from &nbsp;re: In Silverlight, Tags are just strings&amp;#8230; | My Geek Solutions</p> <img src="http://blogs.silverlight.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=54343" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/05/19/in-silverlight-tags-are-just-strings.aspx#54322Tue, 20 May 2008 13:37:28 GMTd0d632c8-a6f7-4f68-b0ce-26aaafd62132:54322jesseliberty<p>2 Arbitrary Monetary Units to the first correct citation for the image and 1 bonus AMU for the misnomer most often attributed to it.</p> <img src="http://blogs.silverlight.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=54322" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/05/19/in-silverlight-tags-are-just-strings.aspx#54186Mon, 19 May 2008 19:58:11 GMTd0d632c8-a6f7-4f68-b0ce-26aaafd62132:54186jackbond<p>&quot;Your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or as random as a blaster. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.&quot;</p> <img src="http://blogs.silverlight.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=54186" width="1" height="1">