... and then there are big research centres that are called "laboratory". Like LLNL or Los Alamos National Laboratory.
On Tue, 5 Mar 2019, 06:08 Kevin, <ksamp...@gmail.com> wrote: > In general at my university we usually talk about "wet labs" vs "dry > labs", mostly in regards to hazardous materials. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_lab > > And for wet labs, there are different levels for biosafety... > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety_level > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 10:04 PM Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 04/03/19 21:25, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> >> >> Am Mo., 4. März 2019 um 09:37 Uhr schrieb Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: >> >>> >>> >>> These can be commercialfirms, part of the government, or part of a >>> university etc. >>> >>> They usually specialise in one field so will need sub tags. >> >> >> >> >> I would question whether we put all kind of "laboratory" into the same >> category and distinguish them by subtags. There are too many different kind >> of things that could be subsummized as "laboratory". Think about eletronic >> laboratories, chemistry research labs, biochemical labs, labs for human >> healtcare analytics, etc. >> First distinction could be "research lab" vs. "analytical lab" vs. maybe >> more types, and these should IMHO become main tags, not subtags. >> >> There is also some potential confusion with the word "laboratory" being >> used as a hyped name for workspace where you would not expect it, e.g. >> software laboratory, architectural design laboratory, art laboratory, etc. >> So we would need some definition, what the criterion for "laboratory" is >> (or is it the name?). >> >> >> To me a true 'laboratory' has controlled environmental conditions, >> usually temperature is tightly controlled, the better labs have humidity >> control probably not as tight. >> They may have other things controlled too - such as radio interference, >> dust. >> >> A software, art or architectural design laboratory would not meet these >> conditions. The key being that the control is tighter (narrower) >> environmental control than, say for example, an office environment. >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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