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> On 7. Apr 2020, at 11:41, Andrew Davidson <thesw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> boundary=national_park is an *existing* tag that is used to tag "a relatively 
> large area of land" that is "set aside for human recreation and enjoyment, as 
> well as the protection of the natural environment and/or cultural heritage of 
> an area". This is not exclusively areas with an IUCN management category of 
> II and, as inspection of the current tagging use shows, is not exclusively 
> used for areas with an IUCN management category of II.


you can not expect the OpenStreetMap definitions to be exhaustive in all 
instances. A boundary=national_park is a protected area that is regarded as 
“national park” in the nation where it is located, it’s implicit even if the 
page isn’t explicitly stating it.

Not all "relatively large areas of land" that are "set aside for human 
recreation and enjoyment, as well as the protection of the natural environment 
and/or cultural heritage of an area" get the national park tag, only those that 
are national parks.

Cheers Martin 
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