Key:ref:FR:Merimee
 ref:FR:Merimee
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| Mérimée identifier of a monumental cultural heritage asset. |
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In France, ref:FR:Merimee is an external reference used for objects inventoried in the 
Mérimée database of the Ministry of Culture.
Note: accented characters are not recommended in key names, which explains the use of "Merimee" instead of "Mérimée" for this key.
Debate
Warning: there are ongoing debates about the use of the ref:mhs=* key (long used to reference objects from the Mérimée database that are listed or classified as "Monument historique" (MH)) instead of, or in parallel with, the ref:FR:Merimee=* key.
See on this topic "(french)Référencer dans OSM le patrimoine culturel matériel en France".
Usage
The Mérimée database is intended to cover the entirety of French monumental heritage. Only part of it corresponds to buildings protected under the Monument historique status.
The Mérimée reference of an object provides access to its record, which contains numerous additional pieces of information (history, architects, dates, main characteristics, possible protection status, changes over time, etc.).
If a building is, in addition to being referenced in the Mérimée database, listed or classified as a Monument Historique, the attributes heritage=* + heritage:operator=mhs + ref:mhs=* must be added. In this case, whether or not to also add (as a duplicate) the ref:FR:Merimee=* key is part of the debate presented in "(french)Référencer dans OSM le patrimoine culturel matériel en France".
Access to the Mérimée database
Access to a record can be obtained via https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/Mérimée key
Example: Record of Saint-Nicolas church in Villennes-sur-Seine
As the Mérimée and Palissy identifiers do not overlap, searches in the Mérimée database as well as in the Palissy database can be performed in the same way: https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/recherche?q=Mérimée or Palissy key
Example: Search results page for the record of Saint-Nicolas church in Villennes-sur-Seine
Use by applications
This attribute is not yet compatible with the JOSM tag2link plugin: there is currently no automatic creation of a link to the Mérimée database from this attribute.