I have some pressure sensors, some hydraulic, some pneumatic. Would it make more sense to tag these as hydraulic and pneumatic respectively or would it be cleaner to do type:"hydraulic" and type:"pneumatic"?
Just asking in terms of best practices. I can see from discussions on the forums that tags should be more generalized.
Brian FrankFri 29 Sep 2017
As an overall rule, "types" are defined with marker tags (or combinations of tags). Never use a tag called "type"
These would parallel the "what" or "subject" of the point which is done with marker tags: air, water, steam, elec, refrig
Hydraulic fluid would definitely fit into that model.
Pneumatic is interesting because its is often air but air used in a specific way, so that would probably warrant some discussion
Buddy Patton Thu 28 Sep 2017
I have some pressure sensors, some hydraulic, some pneumatic. Would it make more sense to tag these as
hydraulicandpneumaticrespectively or would it be cleaner to dotype:"hydraulic"andtype:"pneumatic"?Just asking in terms of best practices. I can see from discussions on the forums that tags should be more generalized.
Brian Frank Fri 29 Sep 2017
As an overall rule, "types" are defined with marker tags (or combinations of tags). Never use a tag called "type"
These would parallel the "what" or "subject" of the point which is done with marker tags: air, water, steam, elec, refrig
Hydraulic fluid would definitely fit into that model.
Pneumatic is interesting because its is often air but air used in a specific way, so that would probably warrant some discussion