<div dir="ltr">In the end, what will be left in the name tag exactly?<div><br></div><div>Polyglot</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 5:53 PM Peter Elderson <<a href="mailto:pelderson@gmail.com">pelderson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I am trying to improve on the name-tag mess in the many hiking/foot routes in Nederland. All kinds of information is packed in those names. I am not doing any cleaning (yet) until all this information can be stored in proper tags and is handled or scheduled by significant renderers/data users/tools. There must be reasons for this (ab)use, because it is done all over the globe. <div><div><div><br></div><div>It's very common to store <from>-<to> and sometimes <via> in the name tag. That's an easy one: we have from=*, via=*, to=*. </div><div><br></div><div>Sometimes a complete description, a comment or a note (.e.g. about a temporary detour) is added to the name. Easy: we have description=, note=*, comment=*. <br><div><br></div><div>A ref in the name: store in ref=*.</div><div><br></div><div>Another item is <b>section number</b>. This is often used when the route is split in sections, often according to the sectioning given by the operator/website. So firstly it's a sort of reference, secondly its an ordering and sorting mechanism. </div><div>Sometimes sections have their own name. I see that a lot in international (super)routes. </div><div><br></div><div>Any ideas how to do this without (ab)using the name tag? Is there a proper tag that springs to mind, or should we invent one?</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr">Peter Elderson</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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