[Tagging] Reviewing the use of addr:housename

Paul Johnson baloo at ursamundi.org
Thu Jun 19 04:28:42 UTC 2014


I would say so, unless it's something the postal service and the general
public is going to understand consistently and unambiguously, or it's
exclusively addressable by name only.


On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Nelson A. de Oliveira <naoliv at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Matthijs Melissen
> <info at matthijsmelissen.nl> wrote:
> > I also think addr:housename should only be used in countries where the
> > housename is part of the address. The only European country where I
> > know that is the case is England (maybe Ireland too?). I think the use
> > of addr:housename in other European countries is wrong, as the house
> > name is not used in addressing.
>
> So it's also wrong to use addr:housename as the building name?
>
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