Seems like the mapper should simply report what is there. The data consumer should decide, based on its focus, what is more important.
> On Jan 27, 2016, at 7:52 AM, Matthijs Melissen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Colin, > > Thanks for getting this discussion started. I agree it's fine to use > the proposal template also for proposals that are not about proposing > a concrete tag. > > One thing to take into account in this discussion is that multi-valued > keys often move the problem to the data consumer. For that reason I'd > recommend to avoid them in many cases. > > Take for example your example shop=supermarket, shop=bakery. > Independent of the exact way of tagging, using a multivalued tagging > scheme forces the renderer to make a decision between a supermarket > and a bakery icon. Basically, there is no possible way for the > renderer to support a multi-valued key here! The renderer might have a > rule that considers supermarkers always more important than bakeries, > or vice versa. But I think it's much more useful if the mapper decides > what's the main function, supermarket or bakery, rather than forcing > the renderer to make a choice. > > -- Matthijs > > On 27 January 2016 at 16:09, Colin Smale <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I have created a proposal page as a channel for constructive debate about >> the way forward. I hope you will all take a look and participate! >> >> Although this subject is a bit more than just a proposal for a new tag, I >> have used the same template. I will try and flesh it out a bit more in the >> coming days, but everyone is of course welcome to add their stuff. >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Multivalued_Keys >> >> >> >> --colin >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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