"Janko Mihelić" <jan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2013/3/1 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > > > > > The problem is that wikipedia is not a database about companies, it > is > > an encyclopedia where it doesn't necessarily make sense to have a > > distinct article for every business, and this doesn't seem to be > > overridden by the wikidata concept (as it looks now). > > > > I agree, this is the main weakness of Wikidata. It's probably more > precise > to use the VAT number. What is the status of VAT number databases? > Could we > make some large imports of VAT data to OSM? > > As for Wikidata, data consumers will know the limitations of it, and > will > have to choose if that tag is good enough, or if they want to use > ref:vatin=* or some other identifier. > > Janko > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
One issue with using officially-issued ID numbers (I assume that a VAT number is a Value-Added Tax number assigned by the UK government) is that there is no world-wide registry guaranteeing that the IDs are unique. A given ID might mean one company in the UK, a different one in Germany, and yet another company in Japan, for example. So, any such tag would need to include a country code. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
