On 10/25/2010 02:44 PM, Phil! Gold wrote:
* Alex Mauer<[email protected]> [2010-10-25 12:44 -0500]:
So dealing with having a prefix in the ref is pretty much guaranteed
to be a requirement no matter what.
Not strictly. Having a prefix in the rendering is important, but that can
be synthesized from the other tags in every suggestion that's been made.
I totally agree. My point is just that some people and some states
(Michigan, Kansas) feel that the prefix itself is an important part of
the reference number: “The M in the state highway numbers is an integral
part of the designation…Michigan highways are properly referred to using
the M and never as ‘Route 28’ or ‘Highway 28’”.
Personally, I think it’s a bit silly, but then I’m not a resident of
either of those states. (I can imagine similar objections being raised
if someone proposed removing M-, A- and B- in Britain, and simply
inferring them from the highway=* type.)
—Alex Mauer “hawke”
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