On 24.11.2014 22:54, fly wrote: > Do we recommend any order ? youngest to oldest ?
name=<most common name> alt_name=<second most common name>;<third most common name>;... ...because data consumers certainly use these in the same order. Two examples: 1) Rendering: Say, there's space for one alternative name in parentheses. The renderer may take the shortest value, and in case of equal length, it takes the first. 2) Reporting: Someone generates a list of cities, with one column for the name, and 2 columns for alternative names. The script takes the first 2 values and throws away the others. -- Friedrich K. Volkmann http://www.volki.at/ Adr.: Davidgasse 76-80/14/10, 1100 Wien, Austria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
