[Tagging] Proposal for COVID Vouchers

[Francesco Ansanelli]

Hello,

Il giorno mar 19 mag 2020 alle ore 16:57 Martin Koppenhoefer <
dieterdreist at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> Am Di., 19. Mai 2020 um 14:55 Uhr schrieb Rossella Di Bari <
> dbrossella at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi! I am Rossella, an italian neo-mapper, nice to meet you :)
>> In Talk-It [1] we get into a debate on vouchers, provided by the
>> Government, for the purchase of essential goods, to support the families in
>> need in COVID time.
>> The vouchers are similar to SNAP or food stamps, they can also be used to
>> purchase essential supplies like medicines (not just for food) and entitle
>> to a certain percentage discount.
>>
>
>
> right
>
>
>
>> I am posting here because it came forward the need to tag supermarkets
>> and pharmacies that accept the COVID vouchers as a payment method and it's
>> time for a broad debate.
>> Searching on Taginfo [2], i have found
>> payment:service_vouchers:covid19=yes used only 5 times and it seems to
>> be the most suitable tag because these specific vouchers:
>>
>>    - are a payment method;
>>    - (in my opinion) can be considered a service_voucher as "a financial
>>    instrument which allows a public authority to target social services at
>>    those it deems in need" [3];
>>
>>
>
> if you read along the wikipedia page you have quoted, it says about the
> services "These might include for example home care
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_care>, household repairs, ironing
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironing>, or bicycle
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle> hire and repair."
>
> "Food" you buy in a supermarket is not a service, neither pharmaceuticals
> are. It would be a service to deliver your purchase at your home, but the
> things you buy can not be regarded a "service", and the
> payment:service_voucher tag (IMHO) does not apply to these vouchers you
> want to map the acceptance of.
>

I have to partially agree with Martin, even if the "meal vouchers"
definition is too strict for the case in subject. How about a simple:
"payment:voucher:covid19=yes"

As I've already noted the tag: payment:service_vouchers:covid19=yes
should be written without the extra "s": payment:service_voucher:covid19=yes
and I could live with it, if we fix them all (5).

Are you sure there is a distinct category of objects that accept "buoni
> spesa" for COVID, that is not identitcal with the list of those objects
> that accept payment with "reddito di cittadinanza" (more general social
> care, not related to COVID)? I think I have read they are the same (but it
> could eventually depend on the region). If there are no differences, we
> could map the acceptance of food vouchers for COVID the same as we map
> acceptance of reddito di cittadinanza (i.e. the latter would imply the
> former and would not require explicit mapping).
>

First of all, I think COVID-19 mapping should be suffixed by ":covid19" and
should never be assumed by default even if similar services are given, then
please also mind that "reddito di cittadinanza" is AFAICT a debit
Mastercard:
https://confcommerciogorizia.it/2019/06/14/reddito-di-cittadinanza-2019-in-quali-negozi-si-potra-spendere/

At the bottom of the page you can see how the voucher are (last picture):
http://www.comune.cuneo.it/emergenza-covid-19-a-cuneo/spendiamoci-buono-spesa-alimentare.html

My only concern is that in my opinion, these vouchers cannot be spent
outside of the municipality that printed it, so I would also encourage a
tagging scheme like this:

payment:(service_)voucher:covid19=yes
payment:(service_)voucher:issued_by:covid19=Comune di Cuneo

Cheers
Francesco

>
> Cheers
> Martin
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