[Tagging] Section numbers in hiking routes

[Jo]

In the end, what will be left in the name tag exactly?

Polyglot

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 5:53 PM Peter Elderson <pelderson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am trying to improve on the name-tag mess in the many hiking/foot routes
> in Nederland. All kinds of information is packed in those names. I am not
> doing any cleaning (yet) until all this information can be stored in proper
> tags and is handled or scheduled by significant renderers/data users/tools.
> There must be reasons for this (ab)use, because it is done all over the
> globe.
>
> It's very common to store <from>-<to> and sometimes <via> in the name tag.
> That's an easy one: we have from=*, via=*, to=*.
>
> Sometimes a complete description, a comment or a note (.e.g. about a
> temporary detour) is added to the name. Easy: we have description=, note=*,
> comment=*.
>
> A ref in the name: store in ref=*.
>
> Another item is *section number*. This is often used when the route is
> split in sections, often according to the sectioning given by the
> operator/website. So firstly it's a sort of reference, secondly its an
> ordering and sorting mechanism.
> Sometimes sections have their own name. I see that a lot in international
> (super)routes.
>
> Any ideas how to do this without (ab)using the name tag? Is there a proper
> tag that springs to mind, or should we invent one?
>
> Peter Elderson
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