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title: UMA labels
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# UMA labels

Apply labels to resources to help organize and locate them more easily. You can apply multiple labels to a single resource, and a label can apply to multiple resources.

Resources support three types of labels:

* User labels

  * Managed by the resource owner after the resource has been registered to them.

  * Can be created and deleted. Deleting a label does not delete the resources to which it was applied.

  * Support nested hierarchies. Separate levels of the hierarchy with forward slashes (`/`) when creating a label. For example, `Top Level/Second Level/My Label`.

  * Are only visible to the user who created them. You can manage user labels over REST, or by using the AM admin UI. For more information, see [Manage UMA user and favorite labels](uma-labels-with-REST-users.html).

* System labels

  * Created by the resource server when registering a resource.

  * Cannot be deleted.

  * Do not support a hierarchy of levels.

  * Are only visible to the owner of the resource.

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  |   | Each resource is automatically assigned a system label containing the name of the resource server that registered it, as well as a system label that lets users add the resource to a list of favorites. |

  For information on creating system labels, see [Register an UMA resource (REST)](uma-resource-sets.html#register-an-uma-resource-set).

* Favorite labels

  Users can assign the built-in *star* label to a resource to mark it as a favorite.

  You can manage favorite labels over REST, or by using the AM admin UI. For more information, see [Manage UMA user and favorite labels](uma-labels-with-REST-users.html) and [Label resources as favorites (UI)](uma-labels-with-REST-users.html#apply-user-labels-to-resource-sets).