On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2015-06-09 12:27 GMT+02:00 Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org>: > >> There's got to be a better way to do this. Oregon, this would be handled >> by the DMV in rural areas, and the Department of Environmental Quality in >> the Metro and Lane County regions. In Oklahoma, this would be handled by >> the Oklahoma Tax Commission, same as you'd get a fishing license. >> >> Driver's licenses are similarly weird; Oregon you'd do the whole thing in >> a Soviet breadline-like marathon at the DMV. Oklahoma, you go to a >> Department of Public Safety office, and have a reserve state trooper >> perform your driving test, then you get an 8x11 inch piece of paper that >> says you're allowed to drive in Oklahoma. If you want to drive in other >> states, then you go to the Oklahoma Tax Commission and pay the $35 to get >> the card other states recognize (and can be used as state ID). >> > > > that's why I suggested to use a multi tag approach. One tag to say it is a > government office, one to say at which level (admin level) and then tags > for the stuff you can do there (property list) or about the general > classification (e.g. tax office, ministry of education, torture agency, ...) > How would you tag a shop that sells tax stamps and licenses, but is not a government office, and does not provide other services? The Oklahoma Tax Commission uses such a system throughout the state (authorized "tag agents") to save people the hassle of having to drive down to their office on the capitol mall in Oklahoma City.
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