WRT dauflt_language key -- the problem it tries to solve is that rendering software needs to know the language of the "name" tag. OSM editor shouldn't tell the renderer what to use, they should give all the data available, and let renderer developers choose what they need for the specific usecase, and specific user. Using multiple languages inside a single "name" tag is presumptuous because it assumes all users will want to see multiple languages for a single location. Edit wars go a bit beyond this -- e.g. there could be a political conflict even inside one language. Ideally the data should reflect all such choices, and the "name" tag should simply be ignored, but that's just wishful thinking? :)
On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 4:04 PM Yves <yve...@mailbox.org> wrote: > Definitely, I'd rather have local languages mapped rather than the > language the renderer 'should' use. > To try to convince you, say there is an edit war going on names... > Yves > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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