[OSM-talk] Species names

[Jacek Konieczny]

On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 05:42:25PM +0100, Jack Stringer wrote:
> My rule of thumb would of be label it in english rather that local name.
> But that's because I am english. Using latin would put some people off
> from tagging Zoos.

But precise latin specie name is a universal identifier (rather than 
a „human readable” name), which can be easily translated to local names
by automated means. For some species, I guess, there will be no English
name, but there may be a local name.  And Latin name will always be
defined.

We could allow entering English names for users that do not know Latin
equivalents though, and convert those later by bots.

Greets,
        Jacek