In the UK "designation=" is in wide usage for this. I don't know if it is typically a UK thing (it wouldn't surprise me) but local governments sometimes have the right to change their "style" - for example a "civil parish" can choose autonomously to call itself a "community council". It can also choose to call itself a "town council" although I suspect this needs cooperation from its parent authority. And a council can become a "city council" basically only through a central decision. Some "districts" (admin_level=8) have the status of "borough." All this doesn't change the legal powers and responsibilities of the council, it's all about what they are "called". There's a lot of snobism involved as well...
I have tried to summarise a tagging scheme for UK local authorities here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Csmale/ukboundaries It is not "official" in any way, they are only my own notes at present - based on current usage and my thoughts to keep my work on these boundaries consistent. I expect the system in Germany is a bit less variable, although the different Länder seem to have very different local government structures. Colin On 2014-12-17 16:25, Friedrich Volkmann wrote: > This is about a new attribute for administrative devisions. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/admin_title [1] Links: ------ [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/admin_title
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