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Interesting, no one else has commented so I'll do so. It is worth
coming back to in the future either for localising tagging or for
generating map key legends automatically in different languages.<br><br>
If the backend ids and relationships they use between words in different
languages is immutable so that if could be used as a lookup table by a
script rather than just human viewing, as Paul says, this is a possible
way of making OSM tagging more multilingual.<br><br>
For example "railway station" id 4507 is translated into 22
different languages, each with an "identical meaning" tickbox
checked:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:railway_station_%284507%29" eudora="autourl">
http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:railway_station_%284507%29</a>
<br><br>
I personally don't propose that we all start using railway=4507, but it
does provide a mechanism to localise OSM down the track.
railway=station can be related to railway=railway_station can be related
to railway=stazione_ferroviaria.<br><br>
Mike<br>
Manila<br><br>
At 05:50 AM 11/12/2006, Paul Youlten wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I was wondering if WiktionaryZ
might be a useful resource for OSM:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.wiktionaryz.org">http://www.wiktionaryz.org</a><br>
<br>
They have most of the features we use already translated into most
European languages and published under the GNU FDL. <br><br>
for example:<br>
Lock:<br>
<a href="http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:lock_%286547%29">
http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:lock_%286547%29</a>
<br><br>
Church:<br>
<a href="http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:church_%28587%29">
http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:church_%28587%29</a>
<br><br>
Motorway:<br>
<a href="http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:motorway_%282420%29">
http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:motorway_%282420%29
</a><br><br>
Railway Station:<br>
<a href="http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:railway_station_%284507%29">
http://www.wiktionaryz.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:railway_station_%284507%29</a>
<br><br>
The code numbers at the end of defined meanings are fixed - which might
help make OSM tagging more multilingual.<br><br>
i.e if:<br>
highway=path<br><br>
could be written:<br>
1771=4382<br>
or <br>
highway=4382<br><br>
Just a thought. <br><br>
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