[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Orphanage

[Roy Wallace]

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:58 AM, yarl at o2.pl <yarl at o2.pl> wrote:
>
> We can
> continue discussion at 'residential_home' proposal
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Residential_home).
> RFC is open since 2009 but there are still things we need to solve:
>
> * name: 'residential_home' or 'assisted_living' (maybe sth. else)?

amenity=assisted_living, because (if?) in all cases you are describing
a place where people *live* with *assistance*.

> * sub-tagging: 'residents' or main tag value
> (residential_home=*/assisted_living=*)
> * sub-tags value 'children'/'seniors'/etc. or 'orphanage'/'nursing
> home'/etc. (hospice maybe?)

IMHO, the "cascading" style (A=B + B=C) should ONLY be used when C is
a type of B and B is a type of A. Therefore, these two options are
both valid:

amenity=assisted_living + assisted_living=orphanage, OR
amenity=assisted_living + residents=children.

I prefer the second, however, you could allow both simultaneously if
you see a need for it.