On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Nick Whitelegg<[email protected]> wrote: > > Silly question, maybe: but, what does "yes" actually mean? Everyone seems > to use it differently; it was intended originally for a legal right but in > practice has been used in a range of scenarios. In this particular case > ("Fahrräder frei" marked footways), do cyclists have a *legal* right to > use the footway, or is it an unoffical, revokable right? If the former, > "designated" would seem appropriate; if the latter "permissive" would seem > the most appropriate.
This is a good question. To quote from the wiki: yes: "The public have official, legally-enshrined right of access, i.e. it's a right of way." no: "Access by this transport mode is not permitted, they don't have a right of way." designated: "The route is marked as being a preferred route, usually for a specific vehicle type or types." Thankfully, "no" is the opposite of "yes". I would prefer that designated was used for "signed", and "yes/no" was discouraged, but used for fuzzy judgements where useful e.g. suitability, "preferred"-ness, etc. As for how it's used in practice, hopefully everyone follows the wiki, right? :) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
