[Tagging] name and brand tags

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at gmail.com
Wed Sep 24 15:59:54 UTC 2014


2014-09-24 17:46 GMT+02:00 Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com>:

> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer
> <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > -1, if the name tag has values that aren't actually the name of the
> tagged
> > instance it should be removed. This is not about compatibility, but
> cleaning
> > up "tagging for the *-data-consumer".
>
> It's not tagging the data-consumer/renderer. Most of the contributors
> don't care about the real oil station (or hotel or bank)
> name/brand/operator refinements. We should consider the tag "name" as
> the main key and tolerate that name duplicates brand/operator until
> someone updates it with the real station name.
>

In Poland typical branded petrol station has no name (it may have some
internal ref code).
Name tag is frequently used instead correct brand tag as it is rendered.
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