[OSM-talk] alt_name tag

[andrzej zaborowski]

2009/9/21 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> 2009/9/21 Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at billiau.net>:
>
>> and two others I can't reproduce as I haven't got any non-Roman script on my
>> computer
>> making 9 names / spellings of the name
>
> Sounds like a fun thing to try and tag, most apps would only expect
> name=* some would also deal with name:en=* etc I have no idea how to
> tag this, I doubt alt_name would be the best solution.

I'd normally stuff one name that is both easy enough to display and
official enough into name= and all the other names in alt_name=,
loc_name=, old_name= separated by semicolons, this way they're
searchable and there's no confusion about which names are colloquial
or official.

Cheers