This is why the ISCED codes exist:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Classification_of_Education#ISCED_2011_levels,_categories,_and_sub-categories
They are already used in OSM:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/ISCED
So the original enquiry can be addressed with building=school and
isced:level=*
On 2017-12-08 22:30, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> sent from a phone
>
>> On 7. Dec 2017, at 19:31, Marco Boeringa <ma...@boeringa.demon.nl> wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, no tagging scheme for education will ever be perfect, the
>> differences between individual countries and the usage of specific
>> terminology is vast.
>
> while this is true, choosing good names for the tags still helps in reducing
> misunderstandings. "college" for example is not a very clear term for use on
> global scale, because it can mean different things in different places /
> context. Something more abstract like secondary_school or different words
> like vocational school or professional school, which describe a concept,
> would IMHO be better than college.
>
> cheers,
> Martin
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