[OSM-newbies] avoid repeating the name tag twice

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

El Viernes, 6 de Marzo de 2009, Christoph Eckert escribió:
> Hi,
>
> > In Israel we try to tag all names with "name","name:he","name:en", and we
> > put the same value in "name" and "name:he".
> > For example:
> >   name=1234
> >   name:he=1234
> >   name:en=abcd
>
> if he is the default language, why then use lang:he at all? Usually, we
> just use name and omit name:default_lang completely, don't we?

Because, *sometimes*, the default name is different from the local name in the 
official language... or the official language in a zone may be contested.


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