On 19 Oct 2013 15:15, "Andy Street" <m...@andystreet.me.uk> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:02:01 +0100
> "Dave F." <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote:
>
> > Importing much of another database seems a bit pointless to me when
> > much of the data can change. I feel just a reference back to it is
> > suffice.
>
> +1
+1

> A quick look at taginfo suggests that "fhrs:id" would be an appropriate
> way to tag this:
>
> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/fhrs%3Aid

I'm pretty new to what to do with 'designing' new tags, but that isn't many
existing ones really (is it?), and isn't ref more in line with existing
usage? ie fhrs:ref ? or is id in common use in other cases?

> > Whether it should be a full URL, or just FHRSID=516821, I'm not sure
> > about. Which would be better for web page design/rendering?
>
> I'd opt for just the id rather than a URL. Database primary keys
> are generally changed infrequently and the URL may well change if the
> FSA decide to redesign their website.

+1

--
Neil
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