[Tagging] Defining genre for public bookcases

Craig Wallace craigw84 at fastmail.fm
Wed Jan 7 14:11:06 UTC 2015


On 2014-12-27 17:34, Guillaume Pratte wrote:
>
> This could give:
>
>    literature:genre=science-fiction
>    literature:genre=mystery
>    literature:genre=cookbook
>    literature:genre=comedy
>>
> What do you think?

I think 'literature' is not the best word for this.
Yes, literature can refer to any written works. But it often has a more 
restricted definition. eg from 
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/literature
"written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting 
artistic value:"
So that would exclude cookbooks for example, as well as many fiction 
books if they don't have enough 'artistic value'.

I suggest keeping it simple, ie tag it as book:genre

This tag could also be used for bookshops or libraries that specialise 
in a particular genre.
I notice there is already a tag for books, which has some use: 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:books
But that seems to be more about the type of books, not the genre.

Craig



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