[Tagging] Basic philosophy of OSM tagging

[Kotya Karapetyan]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Michał Brzozowski <www.haxor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, I think that editor presets makers should really implement *all*
> approved tags (barring some specialized stuff like OSM-3D, indoor
> mapping etc) because not featuring a tag makes some people tag things
> not exactly correctly, just to map it.

+1.

I would also like us to discuss a possibility of making the tagging
scheme more error-proof. A couple of issues to address:
1) Conflicting tags should be prevented by means of software.
2) Suggested tags functionality should be implemented.
3) Official tag description should be automatically taken from the
formal approved tagging scheme and shown in the mapping tool, to
minimize misunderstanding. Full tag description stays in the wiki to
include examples, photos, context etc.
4) Invalid tag values should be automatically identified and warnings
should be shown.