[Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Improving ref=* documentation

[Ed Loach]

Colin wrote:
> Problem solved, then. Thanks for the clear and pragmatic solution.
> ref and name carry the official, proper values, and if a sign
disagrees,
> put that in name:signed or ref:signed together with information
> about the sources.
> 
> What's not to like?
> 
> This allows two different renderings to be derived from the same
> data - one using the official values, and one using the
"as-signed"
> values. The consumer can choose, according to their specific use
> case. We provide the data for both.

I've not been following this thread, but isn't this backwards. For
example think of the C and U road numbers that might exist in an
official database but belong in official_ref if they are unsigned.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:official_ref

Ed