-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frankie Roberto wrote: > Hi all, > > I've started adding architects names to buildings in Manchester (based > on a combination of local history sources and Wikipedia), and so thought > I'd better document the tag I'm using in case others want to do the > same: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:architect
Nice idea. > The only problem I could think of was whether the key should be singular > or plural. I got the feeling that the singular would match existing tags > better. Agreed. > Looking through Tagwatch I noticed that both artist=* and artist_name=* > have been used (presumably for public sculptures and art installation), > and I did wonder whether architect_name=* would be better. It seems that > artist_name=* matches old_name=* better, but on the other hand it's > not particularly ambiguous having artist=* or architect=*. Why should it match old_name? Your not describing a name of the object, you are referencing the designer of the object. Unless you want architect_name, architect_address, architect_date_of_birth, architect_..., it seems pointless. Robert (Jamie) Munro -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmcBJYACgkQz+aYVHdncI2FnQCgqKWterO8hL510GJqfpi1jU6M YowAmgJhGW27A5NkIF5xYqusSavWuwLZ =ab3d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
