Am 02.08.2012 13:42, schrieb MilošKomarčević:
Tobias Knerr <osm@...> writes:
On 02.08.2012 12:56, MilošKomarčević wrote:
name=* without any context of what language is recorded in it is one of the
biggest fallacies of OSM i18n and needs to be addressed.
You need to realize, though, that mappers in areas where only one
language is commonly used will not want to put more effort into mapping
names than they do today. And rightly so, imo - from their perspective,
it's just more work for little or no gain.
Sure. Was just stating the root of the problem, probably brought on by
architects with little i18n experience who probably assumed only one
language/script is used in an area (or what they though of as most areas). It
might have made sense 'from their perspective', but they created a bit of mess
for a lot of upcoming and very large and populous multicultural areas (take
India for example), not to mention smaller ones all over the world. Saying it
was for no gain is a bit short-sighted and selfish, no?
Thus, there is a fundamental requirement for any future tagging scheme
for names: In areas with a single main language, _one_ tag needs to be
enough for a name in that language.
Agreed.
Preferably, the key for this case should remain "name".
I don't see a problem of mandating name:xx even when only one language is used
for added clarity, and have a bot fix up existing ones. Does break backwards
compatibility though, so too late to fix at this point.
I don't think a bot would help, but a hint in editors etc. might.
If editing software encourages the user to specify at least one lang:*
additional to name, e.g. by giving a select box to select the language,
many would do that, especially in multilanguage areas or near "language
borders".
On the other hand what would you want to do if there's only one name
tag, and no localized version of it?
use no name instead? Usually you would go for name as there's no better
option.
Same if there's name and some "strange" name:*, but not the one you
prefer - then tage name as a fallback;
and if there's a name:* that equals name, then perfect: use that in your
software.
A bot cannot fix anything like that: adding name:* works "most often",
but not always, and future mappers aren't encouraged/hinted by tools (QA
tools or Editors) that there's a missing name:*, that could be added to
specify the names language.
regards
Peter
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