[OSM-talk] Suggestions for recycling schema

[Etienne]

On 9/19/06, Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany) <openstreetmap at ostertag.name>
wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 19 September 2006 00:43, Tom Chance wrote:
> > Ahoy,
> >
> > I'd like to add basic details for recycling facilities. A typical entry
> > would be something like:
> >
> > amenity=recycling
> > recycling=newspaper,cardboard,glass,shoes,clothes


XML purists will tell you that separate tags are better than a comma
delimited list.  The structure of the data is more explicit and, most
importantly, it is extensible (that what the E in XML stands for;-).

>
> > But that schema is, so far as I can see, unprecedented. It could be a
> long
> > list like:
> >
> > newspaper=yes
> > cardboard=yes
> > etc.


It is possible that a tag like newspaper=yes might conflict with (or be
confused with) a tag that indicates the location of a street-corner
newspaper vendor.  Likewise, tags for other things that might get recycled
(oil, electronic goods, batteries, etc) could conflict with other uses.

A namespace would be an easy way to avoid this problem.  I suggest:
recycling:newspaper=yes
recycling:cardboard=yes
recycling:glass=yes

Etienne


>
> > What would people suggest? For now I'm making notes and saving the GPS
> > coordinates so I can fix them up once a schema is at least ready to
> enter
> > the proposed features page. Right now I have no clue what to do for it
> :)
>
> Except that for me the word amenity feels very strange for an
> PointOfInterest(POI). Yes I know the British say this is an appropriate
> word.
>
> I think this is a good scheme for tagging recycling.
>
> -
> Joerg
>
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