[Tagging] on the name of a tag for landcover

[Colin Smale]

On 03/08/2012 13:36, Martin Vonwald wrote:
> To cut a long story short: landcover=herbs would also be fine, IF we
> would expect that those tag will be often used and the difference to
> landcover=grass is substantial enough. As I doubt that I would
> recommend landcover=grass and grass=herbs.
>
Grass is an example of a herbaceous plant, and we tag from generic 
towards specific, so it should really be landcover=herbaceous and 
herbaceous=grass. I would advise against using "herbs" in this context. 
Although it may be technically not incorrect amongst biologists, in 
common English usage it refers to plants used for flavourings etc. like 
Thyme, Rosemary, and Oregano.  Joe Mapper is never going to forget that, 
although Jean-Luc Cartographe might be excused for confusing grass and 
herbs (herbe is French for grass, as well as the culinary plants)

Colin