[OSM-talk] Tag alt_name

[Hugh Barnes]

On Tuesday 21 October 2008, 20:56:58, Pieren did write:
> 
> I would like to add the tag "alt_name" in the Map Features wiki page.
> I discovered this tag in a mail from David Earl ([1]) sometime ago but
> I don't think that many people are reading the ML archives.
> I also don't think that a vote is required here because the tag seems
> "obvious" for me. But I would like to hear your opinions about the tag
> itself and if it can go directly in the Map Features page or not.

Yes. Name variants are essential.

> 
> Here an excerpt of David Earl's email:
> "I'd like to encourage you, when editing the map, to think about how
> people might search for the features you are adding to the map and try
> to accommodate them, to try to be helpful to future consumers of the
> map data. Using alt_name is one way to do this."
> 

… and "alt_name" should be repeatable. I'm sorry, I seem to be bringing this 
up at every opportunity. I can't promise I'll stop. I'm planning a wiki page 
so I can get it out of my system and so you can ignore me less actively. :~)

Cheers