There have been a few small updates to the proposal page based on your suggestions in the past week. Please comment on the talk page if you have any further ideas or criticisms: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Default_Language_Format Thanks!
On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:59 PM Joseph Eisenberg < joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've started a Draft Proposal page > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Default_Language_Format>for > this language format tag, based on our discussion here. It still needs more > links and rendering examples, plus your comments > > The draft proposal outline: > > Specify the default language format used for name labels and tags. This > tag shows the default language and script that should be used to display > name labels on an international map. By avoiding the use of the default > *name=* *tag for the display of name lables, this proposal will encourage > the use of name tags that include the language code, thereby improving the > quality and utility of the database. > > The key *language:default *with the 2 or 3 letter ISO language code as > value should be tagged on administrative boundary relations, such as > countries, provinces and aboriginal communities to clarify the default > language used for the majority of default *name=**tags within a > particular region or settlement. If multiple scripts may be used for the > language, a qualifier may be added to specify the script format. Multiple > languages can be specified, separated with a semicolon, for an > administrative boundary or place if the local community has decided to > include more than one name in the default name label and wishes general map > rendering to display more than one name. > > The language:default tag will be applied to the largest existing boundary > relation that accurately represents the language used for default names. > When a smaller administrative boundary has different default language > format, this boundary should receive a language tag as well. This would > include boundaries of aboriginal lands and municipalities where a different > regional or local language is dominant. > > The language:default tag may also be applied to individual objects when > the language format of the object's name is different than the default for > the region, for example when the common name for a feature is in a language > foreign to the region, or in a rarely used local language. > > If name tags commonly include additional local or official languages in a > region or settlement, in addition to the default language format, the > boundary or place may be tagged with language:local=* and > language:official=* to specifiy the other languages commonly used. More > than one official or local language can by specified in the value by use of > a semicolon as a divider. However, the default language should always be > specified when verifiable, to reduce the need to tag individual map > features. > > See the Proposal Page > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Default_Language_Format> > for all the details including futher rational, tagging format, examples, > possible errors, wiki pages that will be updated, etc.: > > wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Default_Language_Format > Thanks for your suggested improvements and comments! > - Joseph Eisenberg > >>
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