Unfortunately the wiki editor who changed the page didn't give an explanation for the change and there is no discussion on the talk page (OSM tags shouldn't be described as deprecated without explaining what is wrong with them). You could try contacting the editor.
-- Andrew ________________________________ From: Satoshi IIDA <nyamp...@gmail.com> Sent: 10 October 2016 11:35 To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools Subject: [Tagging] BCP 47, Multilingual Standard and OSM Hello list, Please let me clarify :) I wonder if there is some consensus on multilingual standard about using BCP 47? https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47 In Japan, we have been using "name:ja_rm" or "name:ja_kana" for expression of Roman writing or pronunciation, traditionally (since around 2010?). But currently, "name:ja_rm" or some other tags are going to be treated as deprecated. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/thumb/6/61/Helena%2C_Montana.jpg/240px-Helena%2C_Montana.jpg]<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names> Names - OpenStreetMap Wiki<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names> wiki.openstreetmap.org If the name can be spelled without an abbreviation, then don't abbreviate it. Computers can easily shorten words, but not the other way (St. could be Street or Saint). Problems are... 1. existing tags on objects ("name:ja_rm" and so on) Maybe mechanical or mass edit would be needed. I guess this would be huge cost for separation & need cost of existing Mappy app clients. 2. name:zh Chinese language is represented as "zh" in ISO639-1. But as using BCP 47, it is separated in several scheme. (such as traditional writing in Taiwan, and simplified one in PRC.) Currently some Chinese languages are intermingled in one "zh" scheme. https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/name%3Azh#values Some discussion are already rising on Taiwan mappers. https://osmtw.hackpad.com/RFC-Multilingual-names-ngewyizFYzN [https://hackpad.com/static/img/hackpad-logo-112.png]<https://osmtw.hackpad.com/RFC-Multilingual-names-ngewyizFYzN> [RFC] Multilingual names<https://osmtw.hackpad.com/RFC-Multilingual-names-ngewyizFYzN> osmtw.hackpad.com ?? ??????? name ?? (tag),?????? alpha-2 code of ISO 639-1,??????????? name:zh?????????????????????,????????????,????????? key ??????? Everest ????????????????????????????? http://www.openstreetmap. Your comments welcome! P.S. Related information. https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2012-April/062803.html https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2012-August/011005.html http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Multilingual_names#Standard_language_codes -- Satoshi IIDA mail: nyamp...@gmail.com<mailto:nyamp...@gmail.com> twitter: @nyampire
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