[Tagging] Tagging Digest, Vol 64, Issue 52

[Warin]

On 16/01/2015 7:21 AM, tagging-request at openstreetmap.org wrote:
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:13:11 +0100
> From: Kotya Karapetyan<kotya.lists at gmail.com>
> To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools"
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> Subject: Re: [Tagging] Basic philosophy of OSM tagging
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> Hi Marc,
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>> >By forced rules: you mean a committee that decides what gets mapped and how
>> >?
>> >So when I want to map something now, I have to file a request to the
>> >committee to start looking for a new tag. And if they like the request they
>> >come back within a few months with a proposal. And this committee is
>> >all-knowing, so they know all the exceptions in the different countries ? So
>> >I don't have to ask for an update when they misunderstood me ?
> My vision was more along these lines. There will be a tagging
> committee: It will maintain the official OSM tagging scheme. Mapping
> will not be changed w.r.t. the current situation. The tagging
> functionality as such will remain as it is, however:

'We' already have a 'system' of similar attributes.
The 'official tags' have wiki pages
The mapers can use tag that have no wiki pages

Having a 'committee' will not change the use of unofficial tags.. so 
tags that don't get approved by the 'committee' will simply be used 
anyway. Poor tags would probably go through a committee too, and 
probably reject 'good' tags as well. Consider the 'committee' to be this 
loose group of people here, that constantly changes and needs no 
selection, election but simply exists on the good intentions of the 
members. Much like the rest of OSM.

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Someone said 'pick your battles'. I don't see it that way. I seek 
information. Hopefully it will help with future proposed tags. Not 
seeking to 'win' nor 'loose'. Nor change things directly with this subject.

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What I'm after is a 'guide' rather than strict rules. Strict rules won't 
encourage people to map things. Consistent tags, tools that are easy to 
understand and use will encourage people as they don't have to 
understand complex things.

I could pick on a few tags that I think would be better placed 
elsewhere. But that is from my perspective and attitude. I'd like your 
perspective and attitude on how tags should be organised. In particular 
the top level tags ...




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