Key:proposed:name

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proposed:name
Description
Proposed / future name for an element. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: names
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)may be used on relations
Useful combination

name=*

Status: de facto
Main article: Names

The tag proposed:name=* is used for proposed or future name(s) for an element.

When a current name for the element exists (i.e., it is proposed to be renamed), this tag should typically be combined with name=*.

The tagging follows the lifecycle scheme, using the prefix proposed:*=*. This indicates that the status of the name will change in future. This lifecycle tagging is different from the established tagging of previous names with old_name=*, which is a historic fact that will not change any more.

Values

The general rules as for name=* apply.

When not to use

For entities under construction (or planned for future construction) the name is often already known. In these cases, simply use name=*.

proposed:name=* is only needed when an entity is currently not (yet) called that, but something else — which would be set in name=*, or in the case of a nameless entity, marked by noname=yes.

See also