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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/01/19 09:36, Paul Allen wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 at 22:17, Warin <<a
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<div>let me just repeat that ...<br>
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"In OSM meaning of word used as key frequently has nearly
no relation with meaning of tag."</div>
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<div>Unlike you, I do not read that as an endorsement of the
practise but as a lamentation.</div>
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<div>Consider if we decided to tag schools as
amenity=restaurant and restaurants as</div>
<div> landcover=trees. Not a problem, because OSM meaning has
nearly no relation to</div>
<div>natural language usage, right? With the right lookup
table in editor presets and</div>
<div>renderers it would work. Apart from when a mapper looks
at the raw tag...</div>
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<div>Ideally, OSM meaning would always match natural British
English meaning. Because</div>
<div>otherwise we end up with things like landuse=forest
(intended for logging) being used to</div>
<div>map areas of trees not used for logging.</div>
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<div>We should strive to create tags that match their natural
British English usage and lament</div>
<div>those cases which do not meet that aim.</div>
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True. <br>
Unfortunately most words have many meanings - even in full British
English mode. <br>
In addition the meaning of words drifts over time. <br>
In OSM there needs to be a definition stated so that the meaning is
clear, or at least as clear as it can be made and does not change
(without discussion and agreement). <br>
This might be more or less restrictive that what a single person
takes the meaning of the word to be, but across the OSM world can be
understood and used. <br>
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That help? <br>
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