mapbox / mapbox/vector-tile-spec
"tags" ⇢ "properties"
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Description
The specification and protocol buffer definition should use the term "properties", not "tags". "Tags" is OSM-specific nomenclature; "properties" is much more common in the Geo world.
In fact, our own principal libraries for vector tiles prefer "properties":
- [mapnik-vector-tile](https://github.com/mapbox/mapnik-vector-tile/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=property&type=Code)
- [vector-tile-js](https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-js#properties-2)
I'm open to this being closed as woulda-coulda-shoulda but too painful to change, if that's the case. It's not a huge deal, I just wanted to invite some discussion.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating every occurrence of "tags" in the specification and protocol buffer definition, then compare the terminology used by the linked mapnik-vector-tile and vector-tile-js libraries. Done means the affected specification and definition consistently use "properties" and the compatibility impact of the rename has been assessed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- api, documentation
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100