Standardise - switch from "ref:se:" to "ref:SE:"

Communities Sverige (Sweden)
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2591 ref:se:scb
1735 ref:se:pts:postort
450 ref:se:skolverket
51 ref:SE:rikshållplats
29 ref:SE:fastighetsbeteckning
7 ref:se:skola:verkform
7 ref:se:skola:skolenhetskod
6 ref:se:scb:cfar
6 ref:se:kommun
4 ref:se:lan
2 ref:se:län
1 was:ref:se:skolverket

What do you think about standardising, using the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code and changing “ref:se:” to “ref:SE:”?

" Since 2011 country specific codes have been used with ref=* where keys are clearly country-specific. For example, France uses ref:FR:=* ."

Some searches:

  1. ref:DE Search results | OpenStreetMap Taginfo
  2. ref:FR Search results | OpenStreetMap Taginfo
  3. ref:GB Search results | OpenStreetMap Taginfo
  4. ref:HU Search results | OpenStreetMap Taginfo
  5. ref:LV Search results | OpenStreetMap Taginfo
  6. ref:RS Search results | OpenStreetMap Taginfo
  7. ref:US Search results | OpenStreetMap Taginfo

A subset of reference-keys are in the Wiki in the following category:

At “R” using “ref:[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code][:|-]” there are:

  1. Key:ref:FR:Allocine
  2. Key:ref:FR:ANFR
  3. Key:ref:FR:ARCEP
  4. Key:ref:FR:CAIRN
  5. Key:ref:FR:CEF
  6. Key:ref:FR:CRTA
  7. Key:ref:FR:DREAL
  8. Key:ref:FR:Enedis
  9. Key:ref:FR:FINESS
  10. Key:ref:FR:FreeMobile
  11. Key:ref:FR:gdo
  12. Key:ref:FR:Joconde
  13. Key:ref:FR:MemorialGenWeb
  14. Key:ref:FR:museofile
  15. Key:ref:FR:NAF
  16. Key:ref:FR:Orange
  17. Key:ref:FR:Orange mobile
  18. Key:ref:FR:prix-carburants
  19. Key:ref:FR:PTT
  20. Key:ref:FR:RAF
  21. Key:ref:FR:RNA
  22. Key:ref:FR:RPPS
  23. Key:ref:FR:SFR
  24. Key:ref:FR:SIREN
  25. Key:ref:FR:SIRET
  26. Key:ref:FR:SITCOM
  27. Key:ref:GB:nhs ods
  28. Key:ref:GB:tfl uid
  29. Key:ref:GB:uprn
  30. Key:ref:GB:usrn
  31. Key:ref:HU:edid
  32. Key:ref:HU:om
  33. Key:ref:HU:vatin
  34. Key:ref:IE:census2015
  35. Key:ref:IE:lenehan
  36. Key:ref:IE:niah
  37. Key:ref:IE:nm
  38. Key:ref:IE:smr
  39. Key:ref:LV:addr
  40. Key:ref:RS:grad
  41. Key:ref:RS:kucni broj
  42. Key:ref:RS:naselje
  43. Key:ref:RS:nkd
  44. Key:ref:RS:okrug
  45. Key:ref:RS:opstina
  46. Key:ref:RS:pokrajina
  47. Key:ref:RS:ulica
  48. Key:ref:US-MA:mhc
  49. Key:ref:US-OR:hunter fiber
  50. Key:ref:US-TX:*
  51. Key:ref:US-TX:thc
  52. Key:ref:US:CIF
  53. Key:ref:US:EIA
  54. Key:ref:US:EPA
  55. Key:ref:US:MA:SARIS
  56. Key:ref:US:MSHA
  57. Key:ref:US:NID
  58. Key:ref:US:UT:DEQ:DERRID
  59. Key:ref:VE:UBIGEO
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only found in Malmö and Umea, now converted to
7 ref:SE:skola:verkform
7 ref:SE:skola:skolenhetskod
6 ref:SE:scb:cfar
6 ref:SE:kommun
4 ref:SE:lan
2 ref:SE:län
1 was:ref:SE:skolverket

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I don’t know how to mass convert, so I made a technical request:

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Regarding “ref:se:skolverket”

  1. Update writeOsmFiles.js ref:SE:skolverket by annainfo · Pull Request #1 · matthiasfeist/skolverket2osm · GitHub - the script is linked at the last line at Import/Catalogue/Sweden school import - OpenStreetMap Wiki - the patch has been merged Update writeOsmFiles.js ref:SE:skolverket by annainfo · Pull Request #1 · matthiasfeist/skolverket2osm · GitHub
  2. overpass turbo
  3. ref:se:skolverket | Keys | OpenStreetMap Taginfo
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Search for “ref:SE:” Search results | OpenStreetMap Taginfo returns:

(Data from: 2025-10-06 00:59 UTC)

2591 ref:SE:scb
1735 ref:SE:pts:postort
450 ref:SE:skolverket
51 ref:SE:rikshållplats
29 ref:SE:fastighetsbeteckning
7 ref:SE:skola:skolenhetskod
7 ref:SE:skola:verkform
6 ref:SE:scb:cfar
6 ref:SE:kommun
4 ref:SE:lan
2 ref:SE:län
1 was:ref:SE:skolverket
0 ref:se:pts:postort
0 ref:se:scb

Renaming of wiki pages:

  1. 15:51 Key:ref:SE:pts:postort: Difference between revisions - OpenStreetMap Wiki
  2. 15:52 Key:ref:SE:scb: Difference between revisions - OpenStreetMap Wiki

Modification of data items in the OSM wikibase

  1. ref:SE:pts:postort (Q627): Difference between revisions - OpenStreetMap Wiki
  2. ref:SE:scb (Q628): Difference between revisions - OpenStreetMap Wiki

The data items each have a property P16 (permanent key ID - OpenStreetMap Wiki “permanent key ID”) for which no way of modification is presented.

That means the proposal /Standardise - switch from “ref:se:” to “ref:SE:”/ is implemented, except for P16 on the data items.