[Tagging] access tags (was contact: tags)

[Mateusz Konieczny]

On Sat, 9 May 2015 21:45:46 -0700
Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com> wrote:

> There was discussion about the contact: prefix... now how about the
> "access" tags?
> 
> There are a lot of them, and trying to gather and present them is
> very hard:
> 
> hov
> boat
> motorboat
> canoe
> bulk
> tanker
> mofa
> moped
> dog
> hazmat
> bicycle
> imdg
> ice_skates
> ...
> ...
> ...
> 
> 
> These could be mechanically retagged into a namespace:
> 
> access:hov=yes
> access:boat=yes
> access:motorboat=yes
> access:canoe=yes
> access:bulk=yes
> access:tanker=yes
> access:mofa=no
> access:moped=yes
> access:dog=yes
> access:hazmat=destination
> access:bicycle=customers
> access:imdg=yes
> access:ice_skates=designated
> 
> 
> Or perhaps semicolons:
> 
> access:designated=bicycle
> 
> access:no=dog;mofa;moped;canoe;ice_skates
> 
> 
> 
> And perhaps a small set of "superclasses" could emerge,
> for use in rendering:
> 
> foot
> watercraft
> human_powered_vehicle
> motor_vehicle
> motor_cycle
> heavy_motor_vehicle
> 
> mobility_aid (e.g. wheelchair)
> 
> animal
> 
> With the present rich set of tags showing up at level three or more:
> 
> access:animal=yes
> access:animal:cat=no
> access:animal:dog=designated
> 
> Thoughts?

IMHO it would make editing and using data harder. It sounds like
something that should be improved by a better interface for editors
(grouping similar tags together).

Especially access:no=dog;mofa;moped;canoe;ice_skates is ugly.

Also, it would break all current data consumers.