Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Singular vs. plural tags in a tag-based categorization syst... - 1 views
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Think of the keywords as class categories, where each item tagged or belonging has an "is a" relationship to its group. Everything becomes singular, consistent, and clear.
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to consider it an "is in the class of" relationship rather than an "is a" relationship
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Plural is much better in my opinion, but it makes tagging too complicated, because sometimes there is no plural or the plural does not make sense at all. I recommend to use plural for tags where it is possible, because it makes more sense to the reader.
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