[OSM-talk] namespacing of tags

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

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Robin Paulson wrote:
> there a few proposals currently on the wiki that have comments
> regarding namespacing of tags. i understand the general concept of
> what it is, but why do we need it? it appears to me to be an
> unnecessary complication for a tag

Tags should be put in a namespace when they exist only for a particular
application, and don't describe the world as it is. For example there
are some osmarender: specific tags that let you change how things are
drawn on the T at H layer of the map, for example make a road name run in
the opposite direction.

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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