> status=de facto means it was in use before the tagging list made up the > approval process, and is generally accepted?
The "De facto" is not only used for tags that were created before the approval process started. A number of more recent tags (post-2008) have status "de facto" and are listed on Map Features. I wish there was a wiki page that defined the meaning of each status, though I believe only the difference between "de facto" and "in use" is unclear at the moment. > Other status values exist .. why is there a need to ignore or change them? My theory is that a tag that's included Map Features should either be approved or the status changed to "de facto". The wiki can be easily edited to change a tag from "in use" or "proposed" to "de facto" if the community agrees that a tag has already become accepted and widely used, without a complete approval process. So any tags that are current "in use" but in Map features could be changed to "de facto" after a brief discussion. > But ... proposed tags I don't think should be propagated for the general OSM > population use. Absolutely. That's why I would like an easy way to see if a proposed or draft tag has been added to the Map Features page; they should be removed until discussed. -Joseph _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
