[OSM-talk] description tag and opinions
Michael Collinson
mike at ayeltd.biz
Fri Jun 27 16:24:42 BST 2008
At 03:51 PM 6/27/2008, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>What's the current thinking in general on what we should do with the
>"description" tag? From what I gather the consensus is generally to avoid
>anything which might be seen as an opinion, so far example "serves
>Dunbridge Ales" might be seen as valid whilst "serves Dunbridge Ales, and
>I strongly recommend Old Wizzle as it's the finest in the district" might
>be a no-no. Likewise "serves Sunday lunches", ok "serves particularly
>high-quality food" not.
The description tag is my baby and I'd like to see it widely
used. I'd be happy to see an anything-goes-policy here, I think this
would be a place where a human touch does not hurt. It is difficult
to divide opinion from "qualitative assessment" in just a few free form words.
BTW, I've also been experimenting with name spacing on the
description tag to tighten up relevancy. For example
description:bicycle= to target particular map users or
description:history for specific categories of information. A
description:opinion could be the way to go.
Just my personal opinion, also interested to see what other folks think,
Mike
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