2011/6/6 Brad Neuhauser <brad.neuhau...@gmail.com>: > I think it'd make sense to broaden the definition: > "Sleeping and living quarters provided by an institution for (large numbers > of) people associated with that institution. For example, housing for > university students."
in the case of a monastery it is not a quarter but a single building or part of a building. Also "large numbers" is not correct for many monasteries so I'd prefer to do without. Maybe for my case building=dormitorium would be better suited then the ambiguous "dormitory". > Not sure if the "large numbers of" helps or hurts, thus the parentheses. yes, I'd do without. > This broader definition could also be used for other similar things, like > military barracks. Why? This would introduce another imprecision, I'd either use a very generic "building=residential" or simply building=barracks for military barracks (they are indeed a proper architectural typology) > To take it a step further, something like "residence_hall" might be a better > term than "dormitory", but since it's got hundreds of uses already, just > changing the definition might be enough! +1, for the student's living space residence_hall would have been a better approach. Maybe we could still switch. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
