[Tagging] 'name' variation tags standardisation

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/6/25 Craig Wallace <craigw84 at fastmail.fm>:

>> int_name ->  name:international
>> nat_name ->  name:national
>> reg_name ->  name:regional
>> loc_name ->  name:local
>> old_name ->  name:old
>> alt_name ->  name:alt or name:alternative
>> official_name ->  name:official
>>
>> But then we can have structures like that: name:official:de/ru/etc.
>>
>> What do you think about it?
>
> But how do you know whether the part after the colon is a language code or a
> type of name?


the set of types would have to be unified and stable and instead of
alt there should be name:alternative (old doesn't seem to have this
problem (yet) but maybe "historic" would be a better option. If we
require at least 4 digits for the types this task could also be easy.

cheers,
Martin