# How to create a sitemap from a Semantic Model (OH3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Items & Sitemaps\ **Tags:** openhab3, sitemap, semantic-model\ **Created:** [January 5, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-create-a-sitemap-from-a-semantic-model-oh3/112969 "2021-01-05T07:16:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![hafniumzinc](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9bd4f/32.png) [@hafniumzinc](https://community.openhab.org/u/hafniumzinc)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-create-a-sitemap-from-a-semantic-model-oh3/112969/19 "2021-01-26T20:54:52Z")
> [@Fox27](#): > > But is it also possible to distract or export a kind of item file from the database? No, this is not possible, and won’t be unless some writes the code to give openHAB the ability to do this. You _can_ _start_ from an Items file though: > [@\[OH3\] Semantic Model setup via tags in configuration Items files](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-semantic-model-setup-via-tags-in-configuration-items-files/112520): > > Foreword If you are unsure of what the Semantic Model is, or what it can do for you in openHAB 3, [then check the documentation here](https://www.openhab.org/docs/tutorial/model.html). This post is my notes on creating a Semantic Model via the configuration files (\*.items files), rather than the UI. Background I [read this post](https://community.openhab.org/t/habot-walkthrough-2-n-semantic-tagging-item-resolving/55651), and [used this list](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-core/blob/master/bundles/org.openhab.core.semantics/model/SemanticTags.csv) in order to work this all out. General The Semantic Model is made up of Items with extra bits of information tagged on to them. These extra bits of information tell openHAB a little bit more about wha… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.openhab.org/t/how-to-create-a-sitemap-from-a-semantic-model-oh3/112969)._