[Tagging] Request for assistance in creating a tag.

[Paul Allen]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 11:29, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Right, that doesn't work. If the HIV clinic or department has
> different details, such as a different name, opening_hours, website,
> etc, then it will need to be mapped as a separate feature, such as an
> amenity=clinic node inside of the amenity=hospital area.
>

Thanks for giving your view of  the usage of amenity=clinic (and, by
implication, healthcare=clinic as the wiki states it's an alternative
to amenity=clinic).  The wiki pages for healthcare=clinic and
amenity=clinic don't seem to explicitly state that these tags are
appropriate for units/departments/centres of hospitals.

I agree with your view.  The value "clinic" may not have been the best we
could have chosen but there doesn't seem to be any other value to use
for the X-ray department, diabetes centre, renal dialysis unit, etc. of a
hospital. Before the current crisis I was mapping my nearest general
hospital and using amenity=clinic + healthcare=clinic in this way.

The only reason to think otherwise is that the wiki page on healthcare
lists only two specialities for clinics: abortion and fertility, indicating
that
at least one person considered clinics to be standalone and not normally
part of hospitals.

So what's the consensus on clinics?  If there is a consenus (rather than the
usual bunfight) I'll amend the wiki pages to make it explicit that clinic
can be used for units/departments/centres in hospitals.

-- 
Paul
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