[Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - Defensive works

Casper Kersten casperkersten1 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 29 15:37:21 UTC 2021


Hi people,

I plan to set the status of my proposal to "voting" pretty soon. If anyone
has further comments / suggestions, please share them so I can include them
in the proposal.

Best regards,

Casper

Op wo 17 nov. 2021 om 15:10 schreef Casper Kersten <casperkersten1 at gmail.com
>:

> @Volker Schmidt
> As Jeroen said, I think this tagging scheme is flexible enough to allow
> tags for defensive works that may be found in other parts of the world that
> I haven't yet read about. That being said, most fortifications around the
> world and throughout history make use of similar principles, such as
> elevated positions, walls, bastions, ramparts, ditches and gates, which can
> all be tagged with the tagging scheme that I propose.
>
> With this proposal I also try not to tag complete fortifications, as most
> of these already have more or less established tagging schemes under keys
> like castle_type=*, fortification_type=* and historic=*. I am trying to
> fill the gap of tags for structures within these fortifications.
>
> I have been informed that "defensive work" is not proper English, as
> "defensive works" is an uncountable noun. Would defensive_works=* or
> defensive_structure=* be preferable as the key for these tags?
>
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