[Tagging] Meaning of way/node/area/rel in the tag documentation template

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

At least with respect to relations, I've always took "area" to mean closed
ways and multipolygons, and "relation" to mean other-than-multipolygon
relation types.  So I would not set relation yes unless we really mean for
it to be a tag on one of the other relation types.

On Mon, Oct 4, 2021, 1:52 PM Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am wondering what the meaning of the object types for tags is. (on node:
> yes, etc.)
> Is this about possible use? Actual use?
> If it is about actual use, what are the thresholds? (E.g. if 1% of a tag
> is used on ways, does this mean the docu should say on ways=yes?)
>
> This is also and maybe in particular refering to the shadow docu in our
> wikidata database, e.g.
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Item:Q8001
>
> Do we really have tags where usage on certain element types is
> "forbidden"? How can we say that a tag cannot be used on a relation, if
> there are infinite types of relations?
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
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