In Australia it would be unusual to find a drinking fountain without a
tap to stop the flow when a person is not drinking. I think it could
be illegal such is the scarcity of water.
Thus, I believe that a world wide default should be avoided in favour of
local ones or enforcing explicit tagging.
tap=yes as default would not work in Italy and tap=no as default would
not work in Australia.
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