Stefan Keller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Sent: 12 February 2008 10:53 AM >To: Andy Robinson (blackadder) >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] Restrict key names on order to retain reusability of >OSM > >GML/XML is *not* the issue, you know that: >It's almost any application outside OSM database. >It's about reusability and consistency! > >I love the approach of key-value pairs (and I like beers too... ;->). >I agree with Martijn that before all, spaces must be kept out. >I agree too with Frederik: Colons can be included as namespace delimiters. >Namespace, tags and keys reminds us, that OSM is a database and >*not* a Wiki on an island (whereas I'm loving Wikis used as they are)! > >So I'm sorry, guys, but I have to insist: >I propose distinctly to restrict key names (elemement, tag) to the set >'aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ_', now >plus colon as namespace delimiter, allowed once and not at the beginning or >the end. >
Sorry, but you can't insist on anything. If the project as a whole wanted to restrict the data entry to predetermined formats it would have done that from the outset. We now have a huge amount of data that doesn't fit your suggestion and so there really is no chance that it will ever conform to your suggestion. I don't hold the argument that unless the data is in a prescribed format it can't be used. It certainly can be used if the tools are smart. Cheers Andy _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
