[Tagging] Clarification on the role link in route relations

[stevea]

On Jan 10, 2022, at 10:23 PM, Minh Nguyen <minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us> wrote:
> Vào lúc 20:17 2022-01-10, stevea đã viết:
>> On Jan 10, 2022, at 6:56 PM, Minh Nguyen <minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us> wrote:
>>> It makes sense that this role had its origins in recreational route tagging. Does the approved "connection" role serve the purpose that "link" has been used for?
>> I simply must ask the question:  how one is expected to know if a cycle route is or isn't "recreational?"
> 
> That was shorthand for "the types of relations that https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Roles_for_recreational_route_relations documents".

Ah, I hadn't ever seen that wiki before; thanks.  Most informative.  Indeed, "our wiki's attic" can be from a long time ago (five, ten, fifteen years), or as little as one or two years ago (like this).  Diligently, I read wiki.