On 29 January 2015 at 22:54, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 30/01/2015 5:07 AM, Rainer Fügenstein wrote: >>> >>> I'd like to repeat once again that "substance" doesn't seem to be a nice >>> key descriptor for values like ...
>> content ... too static >> medium ... too spooky >> product ... is sewage a product? >> type ... too generic and already in use > I too am not comfortable with 'substance' ... transports, carries, > transmits, bears are possibilities... I am OK with substance, content, medium or product. >>>> Oh.. 'multiphase' is a mixture of gas, fuel and water as it comes out >>>> of some well heads >>> >>> if this is the proper term used for pipelines, then this would be the >>> right one, >> >> yes, "multiphase" is a term used in the oil&gas industry for exactly this, >> uhm, substance. > > Good. Not so good. ;) substance=multi is about OK as a shorthand. Using multi -- instead of actual values -- may also imply you are not going to give further detailed tagging. substance=multiphase is really awkward. In a previous post I advocated for phase/state=multi or multiphase substance=[multi-valued] eg. substance=oil;gas;water _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging