telecabin, cable car or gondola lift

[Aurige]

In netex_ifopt_stopPlace_support.xsd NeTEx defines 2 times "telecabineplatform" (for QuayTypeEnumeration and BoardingPositionTypeEnumeration)
Matthias raised that the "e" of "telecabine" was a typo, but looking deeper, I looked for "telecabin" in several English dictionnaries and didn't fint it... instead I found "gondola lift" or "cable car" ... is telecabin valid in English ?

[nick-knowles]

"Telecabine" its not full naturalised yet though in common English use (because of skiing), and you may find both spellings. a telecabin or gondola has lots of small cabins, a cable car has just a pair of large cabins, so they are distinct. (Though some telecabins nowdays are as big as first generation cable cars. ..) The American word 'cableway' (which is not in general English use) is useful as a generic word that covers both concepts, but is distinct from an ;elevator' . A further cause of US/British ENglish confusion is that in San Francisco, trams are called cable cars..... . Currently in NeTEx 'lift' means any type of cableway and also vertical lift

The following is probable the taxonomy we should be aiming for
lift
cableway
telecabin
telecabinLink (horizontal telecabines )
cablecar
chairlift
draglift
+ passengerLift
+elevator?)
+paternoster

[ue71603]

#264

[ue71603]

@Aurige Do we need to update one of the enums?

[Aurige]

The original trailing "e" in telecabin has been solved... may be complement the documentation about what a "lift" can be ( in NeTEx 'lift' means any type of cableway and also vertical lift)

By the way, looking at it I found new XSD validation issues in master (around ACCESS EQUIPMENT ... I"ll check it later since I have several meetings this morning)

[ue71603]

fixed by #580

[Aurige]

documentation updated via #580