[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Deprecated embassy=embassy

[Simon Poole]

I think there is a bit of confusion here.

embassy=embassy

seems to exist because of an iD feedback loop 
(https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/embassy=embassy#chronology) and 
probably originally goes back to somebody mistakenly using it, it 
doesn't seem to have been to ever been documented and as a result 
there's nothing really to deprecate to start with.

Simply make a pull request on 
https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema/blob/9fdecc983443ce75185c2923caae9f7703f2cae4/data/fields/embassy.json 
including the the documented value.

And yes using taginfo values can lead to these kind of issues, see my 
talk at SOTM Milan.

Simon

Am 07.01.2022 um 07:47 schrieb Florian LAINEZ:
> Hi Joseph,
> I'm not proposing to approve embassy=yes, it's already approved cf. 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:embassy%3Dyes
>
> I propose to:
>
>   * Deprecate embassy
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:embassy>=embassy
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:embassy%3Dembassy&action=edit&redlink=1>
>   * Promote instead embassy
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:embassy>=yes
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:embassy%3Dyes>
>
> Changing embassy=yes to embassy=/a more detailed value /is a separate 
> topic for later. It's not part of the current proposal.
>
> Le jeu. 6 janv. 2022 à 19:16, Joseph Eisenberg 
> <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>     Usually when a tag is deprecated, a new tagging method is approved
>     to replace it.
>
>     Are you proposing to approve the tag "embassy=yes" as the proper
>     replacement for "embassy=embassy" in most cases?
>
>     The page for "embassy=yes" says "Bears a sign labeling it as an
>     embassy and is headed by an ambassador"
>
>     It appears there are a number of different options:
>     embassy=branch_embassy, embassy=delegation, etc
>
>     Perhaps you meant to propose that "embassy=embassy" should be
>     re-tagged to one of the more specific options under Key:embassy?
>
>     - Joseph Eisenberg
>
>     On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 2:26 AM Florian LAINEZ <winnerflo at free.fr>
>     wrote:
>
>         Hi Simon, thanks for your reply.
>         That's right, for now, the depreciation have mostly been
>         included into tag proposals. Most of them are implicit, but
>         some are definitely explicit eg. office=goverment
>         <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?oldid=1551112#Discouraged_tags>
>         ; water=*
>         <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Water_details#Deprecation>
>         ; hazard=*
>         <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/hazard#Features.2FPages_affected>.
>         Therefore I don't see anything stopping us to vote an explicit
>         depreciation.
>         As the proposal process is to "vote on a standard way to tag
>         map features", it should also be used to vote on a standard
>         way NOT to tag features.
>
>         Also, if we want to properly deprecate some useless tags, I
>         believe that we should agree over its deprecation first.
>         For the users of the data (renders, editors, routers and
>         more), it's a clear sign to stop using the deprecated tag.
>         For the community, it's a green light for a smooth transition
>         of tag.
>
>         Le mer. 5 janv. 2022 à 20:58, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> a
>         écrit :
>
>             I don't believe there is any consensus on a procedure for
>             deprecating tags, if that is even a thing.
>
>             Am 05.01.2022 um 16:54 schrieb Florian LAINEZ:
>>             Hi,
>>             I propose to deprecate embassy=embassy, see
>>             https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/deprecate_embassy%3Dembassy
>>             Comments are open on the discussion page of the wiki
>>             before voting.
>>             Thanks
>>
>>             -- 
>>
>>             *Florian Lainez*
>>
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