[OSM-dev] Related terms in the wiki for improved tag search

[Toby Murray]

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Stefan Keller <sfkeller at gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the crucial point there is that synonyms and related terms are
> found (term being one ore more words). Example: A search for "church"
> will show "amenity=place_of_worship".
>
> In order to achieve this a controlled word list (a thesaurus) becomes
> necessary. This is a list of terms where some are OpenStreetMap
> specific. This can not be found in a general purpose thesaurus.

This seems very similar to the nominatim "special phrases" page.
Perhaps there can be some reuse or cooperation?

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Special_Phrases

Toby