[Tagging] "new" highway tag for small and informal footpaths; trail

[John Smith]

On 23 October 2010 02:44, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't see a benefit from subtagging here, it is a new class IMHO.

I don't see a benefit in tagging these differently than highway=path,
and so far you have failed to show how they differ, as others have
pointed out, the path tag is for any type of walk way and then add
other modifiers to indicate the surface and so on.