[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

[Hatto von Hatzfeld]

Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:

> 2009/8/13 Nop <ekkehart at gmx.de>:
>> Proposal #2: Introduce offical dedication
>> Leave old tags as they are and accept that foot/cycleway and designated
>> are as fuzzy as described above. Clarify that these tags only give
>> information on possible use, but not about the legal situation.
>> Introduce a new tag biclyce/foot=official to tag the strict use case of
>> road-signed ways or corresponding legal dedication.
>>
>> This way, nothing needs to be changed in existing fuzzy tagging, but
>> real foot/cycleways are simply tagged by adding an "official" or
>> changing designated to official if appropriate.
> 
> IMHO if this solution is chosen we should also deprecate "designated",
> as it is of no more use, and would just lead to possible problems when
> contradictory to official.

I appreciate Nop's proposal - but why replace "designated" by "official"? I
do not see that "designated" has been used in the past with a meaning
differing from what "official" would be used for in future.

Or did I miss anything in this discussion?

Hatto