[Tagging] About "url" Key

[Taichi Furuhashi]

Hi Serge and all:

Thanks for your opinion.
I want to confirm about just one thing.

Question 1 means, Can we use "url" key to "non-ODbL/non-Compatible license"
website?
Should i talk to legal-talk ML?


Regards,

from Taichi




2013/6/24 Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com>

> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Taichi Furuhashi <taichi at osmf.jp> wrote:
> > Hi OSM tagging ML
> >
> > I'm working some Mapping projects in Tsunami affected area, JAPAN.
> > In this week end, we will held a mapping party with local people.
> >
> > Just I have two simple questions about "url" key.
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:url
> > (I know "website" key for Official web site.)
> >
> > 1) Can we use "url" key for general(non ODbL/CC BY-SA) website? ex.
> Google+
> > Local
> > url=https://plus.google.com/109010197644072797677
>
> Usually the "url" tag is used for an organization's website. For
> example, many musems, libraries, restaurants, etc. have an official
> website. That's what the website (or url) tag is for (I think
> "website" is actually preferred but url is just as good).
>
> I'd generally not use a Google+ page for a site, just like I wouldn't
> use a Facebook page, or a MySpace page, or a Twitter account, unless
> that was the only site that exists, and is curated by the organization
> itself. Does Tokorozawa control that Google+ site? Doesn't the city
> have its own website, like http://www.city.tokorozawa.saitama.jp/ ?
>
> In this case, of a prefecture, I'd suggest using the wikipedia tag,
> and putting in en:Tokorozawa,_Saitama (obviously change the wikipedia
> link to the relevant one in Japanese).
>
> > 2) And also, if that shop has other evaluation sites like the Michelin,
> > tabelog and more.
> > How to divide those information?
>
> Those generally aren't linked to. If we did, we'd be inundated with
> links for every site in the world who does reviews for nearly every
> POI on the map.
>
> - Serge
>
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