I have (as do many others) a mod that adds, swords, bows, axes etc..

I see in your tags you have specified the base items explicitly.
Would it be possible to adapt to using built in tags?
minecraft:swords or c:swords
minecraft:axes , c:axes, c:tools/axes
for example

that way other mods dont need to add supporting tags for your mod.

I've actually been wanting this for a while and just the other day added tag support in my dev version which I hope to release soon. I know that json files isn't common knowledge, but it is possible to add these tags manually if you wanted to. But dont worry I really want this feature too! :)