[Tagging] RFC historic=tomb and tomb=* tags, WAS Re: RFC: tomb key

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am Fr., 26. Feb. 2021 um 16:32 Uhr schrieb Joseph Eisenberg <
joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>:

> Note that there is also a tag for ordinary graves, which might be labeled
> with a headstone or other marker, but are dug into the ground rather than
> built up into a structure:
>
> cemetery=grave
>
> The use of “cemetery=“ as the key is odd, but it’s been used over 10,000
> times and it’s documented:
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:cemetery%3Dgrave
>


I agree that the key is odd. How does this relate to cemetery=war_cemetery,
cemetery=columbarium, cemetery=mausoleum, cemetery=grave_yard,
cemetery=burial_forest?
We should be careful not to mix different concepts under the same key, and
in the general situation, people tag A=B, B=C, C=D where C is a subtype of
B and D is a subtype of both, B and C.
While the tag is documented and used, it is standing against the general
principles and conflicts with other used values of the cemetery key. If
someone started a proposal to deprecate it, I would be in favor.



>
> “ While a grave is a place dug into the ground for the burial of a
> corpse, a tomb is a built structure.”
>


what about rock-cut tombs? burial caves?

Wikipedia states currently for tomb, and it sounds reasonable:"A tomb
(Greek: τύμβος tumbos[1]) is a repository for the remains of the dead. It
is *generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber*,
of varying sizes."
(bold formatting by me)


Cheers,
Martin
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