[Tagging] Defining genre for public bookcases

[Kotya Karapetyan]

I agree with Craig concerning the use of word "literature" and suggest
simply using books:genre, to make use of the existing key. Having two
keys "book" and "books" would be confusing. Besides, the current tag
seems to me to be overlapping with what is proposed. It is now indeed
used for types of books, but I don't see any harm in using it for the
type or for the genre, whatever applicable.

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Craig Wallace <craigw84 at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 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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