Because it is likely to be useful to my local authority in a real world project, I am considering adding some tags to schools to classify them, something like this:
operator=Somewhereshire County Council school:level=early|first|nursery|infant|junior|primary|prep|secondary|tertiary|special|referral school:status=independent|c_of_e_aided|c_of_e_voluntary_controlled|community|foundation|inter_church_aided|non_denominational |roman_catholic_aided I hope operator is largely uncontroversial as the operator tag is already widely used in other contexts, though I'm sure someone will find the need to argue about it. school:level is describing the kind of school: mostly corresponding to age group, but special, for example is about special needs students, and age groups overlap and are sometimes fluid, so it's a bit more than just age. These are terms used in the UK: I am sure there will be additional terms from many countries, some of which may overlap and some may not. (Incidentally, it is hard to tell pure age ranges from the notices outside schools and other non-copyright sources. Where age ranges are fixed and the info obtainable, no problem adding it, but I'm concentrating on what I can get from surveys here). The list above is what my local authority uses. school:status is about a bit more than the operator. Schools in the UK have complex governance: the County or Unitary Authority is responsible for education, but schools may be provided by the local authority or indeed central government but run by some other body which wants a part in indoctrinating children, including churches of various kinds. I don't know whether such nuances exist in other countries, I'd be interested to hear. Again, such information is usually available from the notice boards outside schools. The ones I've listed above are those of my local authority: I guess there may be some others I don't have even in the UK - for example I'm sure there must be muslim aided schools, but the principle follows. One might argue that the denomination tag is appropriate, as per churches and cemeteries, for example: school:status=religious_aided religion=christian denomination=church_of_england so the status is simpler but broken down further in some cases. So, has anyone used similar tags already, and if so, what are they? I have no strong feelings about what I would call such tags if they haven't already been invented, so I shall let the argument rage over what they should be called and other aspects which will no doubt come up, and then use whatever seems to be the consensus or majority view after a few days. David _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
