[OSM-newbies] lock_name or lock:name

[Dave F.]

Ed Loach wrote:
>> Which should I use:
>> lock_name:
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:lock
>> or
>> lock:name:
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Dcanal
>>     
>
> It looks like the waterway=canal page hasn't been updated with the
> key:lock details since that page was more recently proposed. I think
> I used the Key:lock information when I was tagging them some earlier
> this year.
> e.g. 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/35040461
>
> lock:ref seems to have been added to the waterway=canal page as a
> suggestion relatively recently. 
>
> I don't believe any renderers currently render locks though. Perhaps
> updating the waterway=canal page to refer to the key:lock page would
> help.
>
> Ed
>
>   
Thanks Ed

One point of your example emphasises mine, I believe.
lock_name = 5

I think that should be
lock_ref=5

Many locks that have a reference also have a descriptive name, usually 
of their surroundings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal

Cheers
Dave F.