I understand that the main tags of an object should avoid using semicolons to make map renderer's life easier, but I don't think only exceptional tags should use it and think most lists of values should be separated by semicolon.
Particularly, I don't see how the example given in the page is better. I.e. How is this: > amenity=library > library:stock=books;newspapers;recorded_music better than this?: > amenity=library > library:stock:books=yes > library:stock:newspapers=yes > library:stock:recorded_music=yes As a programmer, I find the first alternative to be easier to handle by a data consumer. And while it could be slightly easier for a mapper to visualize the second alternative (and this is debatable), it would take longer to write it down. So I definitely disagree with "In general avoid ';' separated values whenever possible." (as it's said in the wiki right now). I only agree with avoiding semicolons in "main" tags or in tags that logically shouldn't have multiple values. Cheers, John -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Wiki-Edit-War-on-using-avoiding-semicolon-lists-tp5830523p5830550.html Sent from the Tagging mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
