I agree that we should use the KISS principle, and keep it as simple as possible -- just specify the connector specification type (i.e. a drop-down choice) -- CCS 1.0, CCS 2.0, CHAdeMO, GB/T, Tesla v1, Tesla v2, etc. I think the tag value should include the version number. In theory if a location offers two types of charging, they could either be listed as two separate features, or both types could be listed with a semicolon.
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 8:28 AM Paul Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 10:29, Johannes Werner via Tagging < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> cable=yes/no/length seems like a great idea. It does however not solve >> OPs problem that a cable is not a socket. >> > > However, a cable at a charging station will have a connector at the free > end. > The cable does not end with bare wires. > > The question then is how to designate that connector. Is it a plug or a > socket? > The answer is not as clear as many think. See > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_connector#Plug_and_socket_connectors > > Despite what the Wikipedia article says, the terminology isn't as > clear-cut as > it implies and different industries have different, conflicting naming > conventions. Within a single industry different naming conventions may be > applied to different styles of connectors. > > Some go by the contact type, with males contacts being plugs and female > contacts being sockets, but hermaphroditic connectors and mixed-contact > connectors complicate things. Some go by fixed vs free, with fixed > connectors > being jacks and free connectors being plugs, but by that convention a > standard > power extension lead has two plugs, but one of those two plugs looks like > a wall socket except it's not fixed to a wall. > > Where a coupling mechanism is involved, such as the coupling ring on > a circular connector, some industries will refer to the connector with > the coupling ring as a plug and the connector it mates with as a socket. > The connector with the coupling ring is always free, the mating connector > may be fixed or free. > > That's just scratching the surface. Is the connector at the end of the > cable > a plug or a jack or a socket or a free receptacle or something else? It > depends > what the specification for that particular type of connector (such as > Chademo) calls it. > > It's probably safer to tag the connector type (Chademo, etc.) and not try > to decide whether it's a plug or socket or receptacle or jack. If > cable=yes/length is given then that connector is on the end of a > cable. > > -- > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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