On 01/02/11 11:48, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
How do you tag single (historic) burial places? I am currently looking
for a tagging scheme to structure these kind of places, but am unsure
about the wording.
My suggestions would be
* historic=grave
or
* historic=tomb
for the main tag. Subtags would then be
grave=pyramid
grave=mausoleum
grave=tumulus
grave=dolmen
grave=war_grave
grave=crypt
and others that you maybe name
and maybe also
grave=cenotaph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumulus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_grave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenotaph
This could be combined with historic:civilization for better description.
What do you say about the wording? Would tomb or grave be suited better?
A grave tends to be a hole dug in the ground to bury one or more bodies,
a tomb is more of a structure, so they are not mutually exclusive.
I would group pyramid, mausoleum, tumulus, dolmen and crypt as a tomb
grave=cenotaph doesn't feel right to me, usually there is not an actual
burial there, it is more of a monument.
historic=monument,monument=cenotaph seems better to me.
I am interested because I am working on a project for the Imperial War
Museum improving the data held for memorials including war memorials,
cenotaphs, grave memorials, street shrines, rolls of honour, church
memorials such as windows etc. We are working on the memorials for
1914-19 war at present. Most of these are historic=memorial to me, but
historic=grave is interesting.
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Cheers, Chris
user: chillly
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