<div dir="auto">All I can add is <a href="http://openbenches.org">openbenches.org</a> and <a href="http://openplaques.org">openplaques.org</a> have existed for a long time and even have OSM tags<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">OSM does not have to be the database of everything.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 24 Jan 2022, 05:56 , <<a href="mailto:osm.tagging@thorsten.engler.id.au">osm.tagging@thorsten.engler.id.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-5901688887474876450WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Relations don’t always directly describe geospatial objects.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>They often describe concepts which are related to geospatial objects (the members).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>As such, a type=person relation, with member roles like birthplace, gravesite, mentioned, designed_by (relating architects and buildings), … might be appropriate.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Cheers,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thorsten<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Peter Elderson <<a href="mailto:pelderson@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">pelderson@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 24 January 2022 11:49<br><b>To:</b> Tag discussion, strategy and related tools <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tagging] graves and relations<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I can't really see a person as a mappable geographical object. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Seems to me you are looking for a way to tag an object with a (long) value list. AFAIK this does not exist in OSM. Might be a valuable addition, though. The semicolon sepated list in one attribute value is very limited.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Op ma 24 jan. 2022 om 00:19 schreef Anne-Karoline Distel <<a href="mailto:annekadistel@web.de" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">annekadistel@web.de</a>><u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://limerick1916.ul.ie/the-1916-memorial/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://limerick1916.ul.ie/the-1916-memorial/</a> mentions the following men<br><br>Edward Daly - <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3321092" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3321092</a><br><br>Con Colbert - <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3321067" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3321067</a><br><br>"Inscribed on another plaque are the names of the 16 men who were<br>executed during May 1916". All 16 have wikidata or wikipedia entries:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Executed_participants_in_the_Easter_Rising" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Executed_participants_in_the_Easter_Rising</a>.<br><br>Anne<br><br><br>On 23/01/2022 22:16, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:<br>><br>> sent from a phone<br>><br>>> On 23 Jan 2022, at 19:47, Anne-Karoline Distel <<a href="mailto:annekadistel@web.de" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">annekadistel@web.de</a>> wrote:<br>>> I don't see how else to solve the problem of having several names with potential wikidata entries and limited characters in the inscription field connected to one object.<br>><br>> Are there really memorials for so many people with wikidata entries that a relation is technically required? Almost nobody (compared to the total number, every village and every quarter has its world war memorial) on these memorials has a wikidata object, nor is it likely they will ever get one.<br>><br>> Cheers Martin<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Tagging mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Tagging@openstreetmap.org</a><br>> <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tagging mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Tagging@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Vr gr Peter Elderson<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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