Wordpress custom taxonomy calls and misc filter stuff

wp-stuff.html

<!-- http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/single_term_title -->
<h1 class="kilo">All entries in <b><?php single_term_title(); ?></b>.</h1> 

<!-- http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2012/01/04/create-custom-taxonomies-wordpress -->
<?php $term = get_term_by( 'slug', get_query_var( 'term' ), get_query_var( 'taxonomy' ) ); ?>

<!-- apply filters to hook into it later... for some reason -->
<h1><?php echo apply_filters( 'the_title', $term->name ); ?></h1>

<!-- escape_html because its an html text block -->
<p><?php echo esc_html($term->description); ?></p>	

<!-- uses get_term_by slug to get the link of the current brief page -->
<p><a href="<?php get_term_link($term->slug, 'briefs')?>"> <?php echo($term->name) ?></a></p>