Index: trunk/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/OsmUtilsTest.java
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--- trunk/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/OsmUtilsTest.java	(revision 15667)
+++ trunk/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/OsmUtilsTest.java	(revision 15671)
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -40,3 +43,12 @@
         OsmUtils.createPrimitive("noway name=Foo");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSplitMultipleValues() {
+        // examples from https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Semi-colon_value_separator
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("B500", "B550"), OsmUtils.splitMultipleValues("B500;B550").collect(Collectors.toList()));
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("B500", "B550"), OsmUtils.splitMultipleValues("B500 ; B550").collect(Collectors.toList()));
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("Tu-Fr 08:00-18:00", "Mo 09:00-18:00", "Sa 09:00-12:00", "closed Aug"),
+                OsmUtils.splitMultipleValues("Tu-Fr 08:00-18:00;Mo 09:00-18:00;Sa 09:00-12:00;closed Aug").collect(Collectors.toList()));
+    }
 }