On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 04:43:19PM +0530, pavithran wrote:
> On 29 July 2010 16:18, ael <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > shop = trade
> >> >  trade=building_supplies|timber_yard|agricultural_supplies|plastics|...
> 
> I like the trade=* but why call it shop=trade . I doesnt sound good .
> Is there a restrictions on 'keys' can't there be a key called 'trade'

shop seems fine to me, and the advantages of subtags for renderers &
other applications has been exhaustively discussed in other threads.
Basically a generic icon can be used where a renderer has no knowledge
of a particular, perhaps rarely used, subtag.

ael

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