On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Mike Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The big problem with sorting this mess out is all the existing data used 
> different ways. I think the only way to handle it would be to split it into 
> two or more tags, and deprecate the old one.
>
> [MRH] +1!! I think this is probably the best long-term approach. The problem 
> -as shown by previous threads on this and related topics - is that in the 
> free-form world of OSM there is no-one really able and willing to take on the 
> task of deciding how to split, what into, and what to deprecate ...

+1 to deprecating old tags with multiple meanings.

Re; "deciding how to split, what into, and what to deprecate", please
contribute to the following page:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Consolidation_footway_cycleway_path

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