[Tagging] Route names: [Was: Use of the name=* on features internal to named areas]

[Warin]

On 1/1/21 6:02 am, Kevin Kenny wrote:
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> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 1:17 PM Peter Elderson <pelderson at gmail.com 
> <mailto:pelderson at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Sorry, I misread the subject.
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> OK.  I edited the subject line.  :)


snip.


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> It comes down to, "is it the name - what the thing is called - or is 
> it ancillary information?" Ancillary information belongs in other 
> tags. ('Description' is a tag of last resort: we have structured tags 
> for most of the things you mentioned.)


I think of it as more of a description rather than a formal name, and 
would place it in the description tag.

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