Hi Pieren.
On the one hand I agree with you, that using latin in "species" without
specifying a language code differs from the way it is done with name and
name:* tags.
On the other hand latin AFAIK is the common language to name plant
species all over the world, and - differing from english for names - the
latin species names are really used by scientists all over the world.
That's why I would support that scheme using latin as the non-specific
language for species.
regards
Peter
Am 18.08.2011 11:46, schrieb Pieren:
I just discover in the wiki the natural=tree enhancemens and
especially a (new) concept about tagging translations:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tree
The speciies and genus keys have to be fulfilled in latin and other
tags supply translations:
species=Juglans regia (this is the latin species name for common walnut)
species:en=Common Walnut
species:de=Echte Walnuss
Is that a correct approach for internationalization ? Until now, a tag
was basically in english (like amenity=school) and if you want to
display its meaning in other language, you would have to translate it
automatically in your application, not in the database. So, your
editor would translate "Schule" or "École" when the tag is
"amenity=school". And we don't need an "amenity:de=Schule" or
"amenity:fr=École" attached in all elements.
So I would expect the same concept for "trees", so the
"species=common_walnut" would be translated in editors as "Echte
Walnuss" but we don't translate tags into the database when it can be
automated, right ?
Of course, you can add any tag you like but I would like to remove all
these tags translations from this wiki page since it is a breach of
our tagging standards. The discussion would be more about the language
adopted for the value, if it can be english or latin.
What's your opinion ?
Pieren
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