[Tagging] Values in namespaces/prefixes/suffixes Considered Harmful - Or: Stop over-namespacing and prefix-fooling

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

sent from a phone

> On 31. Mar 2019, at 18:07, Stefan Keller <sfkeller at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This deteriorates the quality of OSM - and it hurts, given the fact,
> that there is a proven alternative with semi-colon separated values,
> which even allows tagging no-values (e.g.
> service=no_retail,retail,repair,second_hand).


what about amenity=school;place_of_worship
is this desirable tagging?

What does it mean? A mix of a school and a place_of_worship or a place of worship and a school?

amenity=bench;wastebasket
amenity=wastebasket;recycling
 

Cheers, Martin