[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - mimics

[Eric Theise]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the quick feedback.

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 2:20 PM Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at 20:54, Eric Theise <erictheise at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I propose to introduce the key mimics to remedy this.
>>
>
> I'm not sure "mimics" is a good key, but I can't think of a better one.
> However...
>

The first keys I came up with included "_as" – "disguised_as",
"camouflaged_as" – which was worse. Mimesis is an agreed-upon name for one
principle of camouflage so I believe "mimics" to be a rather good key.


> Here is an example where what the tower mimics is included in the note
>> field.
>> {
>>  "type": "node",
>>  "id": 567065909,
>>  "lat": 33.7925108,
>>  "lon": -84.3533616,
>>  "tags": {
>>    "man_made": "tower",
>>    "note": "pine tree",
>>    "tower:construction": "concealed",
>>    "tower:type": "communication"
>>  }
>> }
>>
>> In this case note would be simply be replaced with mimics="pine".
>>
>
> As others have said, tower:construction is a bit of a mess.  I'd suggest
> that if there is a
> mimics=* (or whatever key is settled on) it is unnecessary to state that
> it's concealed.
>

Great point, thanks. I'll re-word the proposal to that effect and post back
here once I've done so.

Eric
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