diff --git a/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/ActivityForm.groovy b/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/ActivityForm.groovy
index f7037b961..e49637f11 100644
--- a/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/ActivityForm.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/ActivityForm.groovy
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import org.bson.types.ObjectId
  */
 class ActivityForm {
 
+    static String SURVEY_TAG = "survey"
+    static String INTERVENTION_TAG = "intervention"
+    static String SITE_TAG = "site"
+
     static graphql = ActivityFormGraphQLMapper.graphqlMapping()
 
     /** The list of properties to be used when binding request data to an ActivityForm */
@@ -101,6 +105,9 @@ class ActivityForm {
     String createdUserId
     String lastUpdatedUserId
 
+    /** Currently only used to describe whether this form is collecting survey data (and hence a data set summary will be created) */
+    List tags = []
+
     boolean isPublished() {
         return publicationStatus == PublicationStatus.PUBLISHED
     }
diff --git a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooService.groovy b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooService.groovy
index 3b062a4bb..bee6a463e 100644
--- a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooService.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooService.groovy
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ class ParatooService {
         result
     }
 
+
+
     private static Map mapActivity(Map surveyData, Map activity, ParatooProtocolConfig config) {
         activity.startDate = config.getStartDate(surveyData)
         activity.endDate = config.getEndDate(surveyData)
@@ -282,6 +284,7 @@ class ParatooService {
             String guid = protocol.attributes.identifier
             guids << guid
             String name = protocol.attributes.name
+            ParatooProtocolConfig protocolConfig = getProtocolConfig(id)
             ActivityForm form = ActivityForm.findByExternalId(guid)
             if (!form) {
                 form = new ActivityForm()
@@ -312,7 +315,8 @@ class ParatooService {
 
             }
 
-            mapProtocolToActivityForm(protocol, form)
+            List tags = protocolConfig?.tags ?: [ActivityForm.SURVEY_TAG]
+            mapProtocolToActivityForm(protocol, form, tags)
             form.save()
 
             if (form.hasErrors()) {
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@ class ParatooService {
         syncParatooProtocols(response?.data)
     }
 
-    private static void mapProtocolToActivityForm(Map protocol, ActivityForm form) {
+    private static void mapProtocolToActivityForm(Map protocol, ActivityForm form, List tags) {
         form.name = protocol.attributes.name
         form.formVersion = protocol.attributes.version
         form.type = PARATOO_PROTOCOL_FORM_TYPE
@@ -366,6 +370,7 @@ class ParatooService {
         form.external = true
         form.publicationStatus = PublicationStatus.PUBLISHED
         form.description = protocol.attributes.description
+        form.tags = tags
     }
 
     private ParatooProject mapProject(Project project, AccessLevel accessLevel, List<Site> sites) {
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/paratoo/ParatooProtocolConfig.groovy b/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/paratoo/ParatooProtocolConfig.groovy
index 5b83fa170..ab26e72bc 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/paratoo/ParatooProtocolConfig.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/paratoo/ParatooProtocolConfig.groovy
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class ParatooProtocolConfig {
 
     String apiEndpoint
     boolean usesPlotLayout = true
+    List tags
     String geometryType = 'Polygon'
 
     String geometryPath