> Will a period in the key name for a tag cause a problem? Generally: No.
You were asking about database problems: No problems at all in regards to PostgreSQL. MongoDB is the only database I know that has problems with dots in keys but you'd have to escape everything anyway, so no problem there either. > It is proposed in: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag_structures I'd disregard that page...but that's just my opinion. > I would like to use it for some custom tags I am using, namely > "name.prefix", and "name.full" (see below for context). The idea is that > ".prefix" and ".full" is closely tied to the primary "name" key, and not > some other forms of name such as "alt_name". If the properties applied to > the "alt_name" key than "alt_name.prefix" will be used instead, etc. I'd use name:full, name:prefix etc. for it. As far as I can tell it's pretty much established practice and you'd make _at least_ my life easier :) Cheers, Lars _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
