I think I'd prefer school:type rather than school:status, and I'd prpbably separate out the denominations to another tag. And please avoid that mess of underscores in c_of_e - a recipe for typos if ever I saw one.
Richard On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:30 PM, David Earl <da...@frankieandshadow.com>wrote: > 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 >
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