Index: trunk/resources/data/defaultpresets.xml
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--- trunk/resources/data/defaultpresets.xml	(revision 19257)
+++ trunk/resources/data/defaultpresets.xml	(revision 19261)
@@ -7533,5 +7533,5 @@
             </combo>
             <optional>
-                <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" />
+                <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" multiline="true" />
                 <text key="artist_name" text="Artist Name" />
                 <combo key="material" text="Material" values="concrete,granite,metal,plastic,steel,stone,wood" />
@@ -7547,5 +7547,5 @@
             <reference ref="religious_catholic_christian" />
             <text key="start_date" text="Start date" />
-            <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" />
+            <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" multiline="true" />
         </item> <!-- Wayside Cross -->
         <item name="Wayside Shrine" icon="presets/religion/wayside_shrine.svg" type="node,closedway" preset_name_label="true">
@@ -7558,5 +7558,5 @@
             <combo key="building" text="Building" values="wayside_shrine,yes" values_context="building" />
             <text key="start_date" text="Start date" />
-            <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" />
+            <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" multiline="true" />
         </item> <!-- Wayside Shrine -->
         <item name="Boundary Stone" icon="presets/landmark/boundary_stone.svg" type="node,closedway" preset_name_label="true">
@@ -7566,5 +7566,5 @@
             <optional>
                 <text key="name" text="Name" />
-                <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" />
+                <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" multiline="true" />
             </optional>
             <preset_link preset_name="Boundary Marker" text="Similar but different tags:" />
@@ -7576,5 +7576,5 @@
             <optional>
                 <text key="name" text="Name" />
-                <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" />
+                <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" multiline="true" />
             </optional>
         </item> <!-- Milestone -->
@@ -8965,5 +8965,5 @@
             <optional>
                 <reference ref="name_ref" />
-                <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" />
+                <text key="inscription" text="Inscription" multiline="true" />
                 <combo key="material" text="Material" values="concrete,metal,plastic,steel,stone,wood" />
             </optional>
Index: trunk/resources/data/tagging-preset.xsd
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--- trunk/resources/data/tagging-preset.xsd	(revision 19257)
+++ trunk/resources/data/tagging-preset.xsd	(revision 19261)
@@ -649,4 +649,18 @@
             </annotation>
         </attribute>
+        <attribute name="multiline" type="boolean">
+            <annotation>
+                <documentation>
+                    The text is expected to be multiline, and newlines must not be normalized (default is false)
+                </documentation>
+            </annotation>
+        </attribute>
+        <attribute name="normalize" type="boolean">
+            <annotation>
+                <documentation>
+                    This performs normalization of the value by stripping extraneous spaces and consolidating whitespace (default is true for JOSM)
+                </documentation>
+            </annotation>
+        </attribute>
     </attributeGroup>