EdoM, > I'm proposing to add 2 extension to the name tag to mark which part of > the name could be collapsed or hidden > in the same moment you could give a priority
Your idea of referecing parts of the name tag with numbers is error- prone because (a) people will not always agree on how names are split in parts (is "Baah blaah-blah blah" a three-part name or a four-part name?), and (b) people will change the name and forget to change the extra attributes because they're not clear about what they mean. If you want to have shortened names in the database, then I would put them in there explicitly, like so: name=Viale don Luigi Sturzo name_short_1=V.le don Luigi Storzo name_short_2=V.le Luigi Sturzo name_short_3=V.le L.Sturzo But generally I believe the renderer should just have proper rules about shortening and use them - so you would only employ above scheme for exceptions that the renderer cannot derive automatically. In my eyes it would be a great idea to develop some not-too-complex XML document where such rules can be formalized. We could then have our renderers read that document and use it, and host it on the Wiki so everyone can put in their collapsation rules for their local language. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
