I use this file in my skin
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tags inherit="false">
<tag id="SECTION" target="PAGE">
<label i18n="true">SKIN_BO_TAGS_TAG_MAINSECTION_LABEL</label>
<description i18n="true">SKIN_BO_TAGS_TAG_MAINSECTION_DESCRIPTION</description>
</tag>
<tag id="SPECIAL_PAGES" target="PAGE">
<label i18n="true">SKIN_BO_TAG_SPECIALPAGES_LABEL</label>
<description i18n="true">SKIN_BO_TAG_SPECIALPAGES_DESCRIPTION</description>
<tag id="SEARCH_ODF" target="PAGE" private="true">
<label i18n="true">SKIN_BO_TAG_SPECIALPAGES_TAG_SEARCH_ODF_LABEL</label>
<description i18n="true">SKIN_BO_TAG_SPECIALPAGES_TAG_SEARCH_ODF_DESCRIPTION</description>
</tag>
</tag>
<tag id="FOOTER" target="PAGE">
<label i18n="true">SKIN_BO_TAG_FOOTER_LABEL</label>
<description i18n="true">SKIN_BO_TAG_FOOTER_DESCRIPTION</description>
</tag>
</tags>
all the tags of the parent skin are visible