[Tagging] Fast food vs. restaurant vs. cafe

Roy Wallace waldo000000 at gmail.com
Tue May 4 09:14:36 BST 2010


(note: removed talk-us)

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 2:39 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>... It's a big world out there and there is bound to be grey areas
> that local knowledge will tags things one way or the other...

"There is bound to be grey areas" only if we continue to use these
tags as currently defined in the wiki.

The problem is that we must choose amenity=A OR B OR C, where A, B,
and C are not mutually exclusive. This is the cause of the problem. We
either need to:

1) allow for the specification of more than one type simultaneously,
e.g. amenity=A;B, amenity=B;C, etc., or
2) change/specify in more detail the definitions of A, B and C so that
they *are*  mutually exclusive, or
3) be forced to tag things incorrectly

Which option shall it be? I vote 2, which includes the option of just
using amenity=D (where D=A OR B OR C)




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