[Tagging] How to tag apartments in a building that is multiuse

[Martin Koppenhöfer]

Am 26.06.2013 um 00:25 schrieb Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us>:

> 
> A new tag called residential, where the value specifies the type of
> residential, such as:
> 
> residential=apartment
> residential=condo
> residential=co-op
> residential=single_room_occupancy
> 
> (these would be open for refinement and addition of course).
> 
> Then a user could tag the apartments with all the normal tags one
> would expect- name, addr:*, phone, website, etc.
> 
> Sorry for the delay in responding to everyone. Must have been from all the excitement of SOTMUS. 
> 
> I think Serge has proposed the best solution. I also live in a multistory building with retail and offices below. I had been tagging them amenity=apartment, but will switch them to residential=apartment.  I build a proposal for a new tag which I'll announce shortly. It will give a chance for a more formal discussion. 


Not sure if I can agree, what does this tag "residential" express? Is this a building type? A building usage tag? How does it relate to landuse, how to building=building-type and established values?

Cheers,
Martin
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