Hi, * Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> [180927 13:10]: > Re: do “the current > proposals would mean that any POI (not referring to a government > building) in Brussels needs to be retagged to name:XX or add > default:language:XX (?)
> There are no mandatory tags in OSM, nothing needs to be retagged. But there > would be the option to add > default:language=fr to a shop in Flanders which has a name in French. This > would help database users know that this shop name is in French rather than > Flemish. I believe this will be very useful, and I think mappers will enjoy > the chance to add the extra tags where necessary. Mapping is a bit > addictive, right? > [..] this is one of the points where I have the impression that we are not all talking about the same problem. For me a "default value" is a value that is to be assumed if no specific value is available. So for me a tag containing the word "default" would imply that it does NOT apply to the object with that tag itself. If there is a default:language=XX tag on an admin boundary, I would - by looking at the name of that key - assume this is the language for things inside that admin boundary unless these "things inside" specify a different language for themself. But I would expext e.g. a POI within that area that uses a different language to have a language=XX tag, not a default:language=XX tag. Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
