New to the idea of labeling, I have been reading about it
  online, all the methods and some rules-of-thumb, yet it
  seemed like a (very in-house) style-guide for presenting
  works in a particular setting, for a particular audience, etc.

  The opposite as mentioned in the WSJ article may be a
  very 'modern' thing to do, if they were really so self-evident
  and universalist in their meaning. It would seem more like
  a puzzle to figure out, like the computer game 'myst' where
  one has to solve one set to advance to another room, etc.
  Which is, in itself, possibly an intriguing approach, but what
  about the stories or relations beyond the small contained
  areas, the larger collections, etc.

  Of course I have no great idea myself but have decided on
  a rather mundane approach that deploys a 'label maker' to
  generate a standardized label which is automatically output
  on a laminated tape, which can be black type with clear tape,
  white tape, orange tape, etc. Have wondered if others have
  used this approach, as now it is possible to 'tag' items as if
  they are archaeological or other artifacts, and then 'install'
  them, either pretagged or tags prepared in advance. The
  missing part may be that a 'universal' labeling system does
  not work as well in this environment, if there is a wide-variety
  of artifacts and content (on small tags, on walls with more
  space and a need for more information, etc.) If anyone has
  tried one of these labelers, It would be interesting to know...

  brian thomas carroll: research-design-development
  architecture, education, electromagnetism
  http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/

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