[Tagging] Wiki Edit War on using/avoiding semicolon lists

althio althio althio.forum at gmail.com
Thu Jan 22 11:59:04 UTC 2015


> I even find the second example more difficult to visualize. It's just
worse
> than the first in every respect.

>From a mapper's point of view
My little +1 for key:subkey=*

In free text like this thread, several key:subkey=* may look more heavy and
complicated than key=values;separated;by;semicolon.
_However_ I think this is reversed in the context of editors (iD, JOSM...)
and elements lookup [1] where key and values are presented in tables.
+ key:subkey=* tabulated is easier to read
+ key:subkey=* tags are separated, it is slightly easier to select them and
update, to delete one only, to add by copy/paste.
+ key=values;separated;by;semicolon means less typing/keystrokes but this
is much mitigated by use of presets, auto-completion or copy/paste.


[1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/106464005
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