[Tagging] Defining genre for public bookcases

[Michał Brzozowski]

You can take a look at Dewey decimal system or the likes of it.

Michał

On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Guillaume Pratte
<guillaume at guillaumepratte.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Many public bookcases are small enough (20-30 books) that hey can have an
> implicit genre, for example most books are science-fiction novels,
> cookbooks, etc.
>
> If you are looking for a particular genre, this information can be
> particularly helpful on a public bookcase map (so you know which public
> bookcase to visit).
>
> There does not seem to have a generic "genre" tag in OSM. Should it be
> mapped like proposed in amenity=theathre?
>
>   theatre:genre=drama
>   theatre:genre=opera
>   ...
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dtheatre
>
> This could give:
>
>   literature:genre=science-fiction
>   literature:genre=mystery
>   literature:genre=cookbook
>   literature:genre=comedy
>   …
>
> What do you think?
>
> Guillaume