[OSM-talk] contact: tags

[Lester Caine]

On 07/05/15 15:20, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>> Likewise contact:website is reasonably clear while website=* may or 
>> > may not offer a contact method.
> 
> indeed, there are lots of reasons why someone will visit a website and contact is only a subset of them.

>> > In addition most companies will have 
>> > different web pages for different purposes and website=* would be 
>> > typically the main page and not the contact form.
> 
> wouldn't contact:url or contact:webpage then be a better tag for this?

I have to admit that this is where I had got to myself.
I'm working on the basis that 'website' is indeed the main page of the
related website. I can then select 'book' or 'contact' or view their
offerings to see if I want to visit. Adding a 'contact:website' may well
be appropriate in some cases just as would 'book:website' or
'book:phone' if there are different numbers for the reservation system
over the general enquiries.

I don't think it is necessary or appropriate for OSM to provide a
'contact' directory for every POI on the map.  What would make much more
sense to me would be if there was a standard enquiry method for a
website such as 'contact.domain' which removes the need for OSM to
manage any of that secondary data. Once one has 'website=domain' even
'phone=xxx' becomes redundant ... as does addr: ... but that is probably
going a little too far since the addr: details are needed for routing to
a POI.

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