diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 29339ae..116e25f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -122,42 +122,79 @@ puts stb.dump :ttl
 <http://example.org/term/engineering> a <http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#SemanticTag> .
 ```
 
+*Resume annotation of known type.*
+This is the more efficient approach and should be used if the type of the annotation is known.
+```
+a1 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::CommentAnnotation.resume(RDF::URI('http://localhost/c10'))
+# => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::CommentAnnotation:0x3fdd8267adc8(default)>
+comment = a1.getComment
+# => "This book is a good resource on archery technique."
+
+a2 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::TagAnnotation.resume(RDF::URI('http://localhost/t10'))
+# => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::TagAnnotation:0x3fdd826073f0(default)>
+tag = a2.getTag
+# => "archery"
+
+a3 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::SemanticTagAnnotation.resume(RDF::URI('http://localhost/st10'))
+# => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::SemanticTagAnnotation:0x3fdd8259c7a8(default)>
+term = a2.getTerm
+# => #<RDF::URI:0x3fdbb4f37300 URI:http://example.org/term/engineering>
+```
+
 *Resume annotation of unknown type.*
 ```
 ## Using RDF::URI
 # Create the annotations first using previous examples.
 a1 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::Annotation.resume(RDF::URI('http://localhost/c10'))
 # => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::CommentAnnotation:0x3fdd8267adc8(default)>
+comment = a1.getComment
+# => "This book is a good resource on archery technique."
 
 a2 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::Annotation.resume(RDF::URI('http://localhost/t10'))
 # => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::TagAnnotation:0x3fdd826073f0(default)>
+tag = a2.getTag
+# => "archery"
 
 a3 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::Annotation.resume(RDF::URI('http://localhost/st10'))
 # => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::SemanticTagAnnotation:0x3fdd8259c7a8(default)>
+term = a2.getTerm
+# => #<RDF::URI:0x3fdbb4f37300 URI:http://example.org/term/engineering>
 
 
 ## Using string URI
 # Create the annotations first using previous examples.
 a1 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::Annotation.resume('http://localhost/c10')
 # => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::CommentAnnotation:0x3fdd8267adc8(default)>
+# => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::CommentAnnotation:0x3fdd8267adc8(default)>
+comment = a1.getComment
 
 a2 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::Annotation.resume('http://localhost/t10')
 # => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::TagAnnotation:0x3fdd826073f0(default)>
+tag = a2.getTag
+# => "archery"
 
 a3 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::Annotation.resume('http://localhost/st10')
 # => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::SemanticTagAnnotation:0x3fdd8259c7a8(default)>
+term = a2.getTerm
+# => #<RDF::URI:0x3fdbb4f37300 URI:http://example.org/term/engineering>
 
 
 ## Using localname expanded using configured base_uri
 # Create the annotations first using previous examples.
 a1 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::Annotation.resume('c10')
 # => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::CommentAnnotation:0x3fdd8267adc8(default)>
+comment = a1.getComment
+# => "This book is a good resource on archery technique."
 
 a2 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::Annotation.resume('t10')
 # => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::TagAnnotation:0x3fdd826073f0(default)>
+tag = a2.getTag
+# => "archery"
 
 a3 = LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::Annotation.resume('st10')
 # => #<LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::SemanticTagAnnotation:0x3fdd8259c7a8(default)>
+term = a2.getTerm
+# => #<RDF::URI:0x3fdbb4f37300 URI:http://example.org/term/engineering>
 ```
 
 ### Configurations
diff --git a/lib/ld4l/open_annotation_rdf/semantic_tag_annotation.rb b/lib/ld4l/open_annotation_rdf/semantic_tag_annotation.rb
index 7d3b9be..3c1a212 100644
--- a/lib/ld4l/open_annotation_rdf/semantic_tag_annotation.rb
+++ b/lib/ld4l/open_annotation_rdf/semantic_tag_annotation.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ class SemanticTagAnnotation < LD4L::OpenAnnotationRDF::Annotation
       # TODO: Should a semantic tag be destroyed when the last annotation referencing the term is destroyed?
       # TODO: What if other triples have been attached beyond the type?
 
+      ##
+      # Get the term URI of the semantic tag body.
+      #
+      # @return the term URI
+      def getTerm
+        # return existing body if term is unchanged
+        @body ? @body.rdf_subject : nil
+      end
+
       ##
       # Set the hasBody property to the URI of the controlled vocabulary term that is the annotation and
       # create the semantic tag body instance identifying the term as a semantic tag annotation.
diff --git a/lib/ld4l/open_annotation_rdf/version.rb b/lib/ld4l/open_annotation_rdf/version.rb
index 4f117ed..8c14fdf 100644
--- a/lib/ld4l/open_annotation_rdf/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ld4l/open_annotation_rdf/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module LD4L
   module OpenAnnotationRDF
-    VERSION = "0.0.11"
+    VERSION = "0.0.12"
   end
 end