In Potlatch2, when the user selects an object that has semicolons in a
value, displays a warning that the field contains multiple values. This
prompted at least one user to "fix" these (source=*) tags by replacing the
semi-colons with commas. Since a comma is a legitimate data character, the
value now looks like a single value, and the warning goes away :(
At least one other user has complained about multiple values in the source
tag, and this may be a contributing factor to their annoyance.
Semi-colons are the agreed-upon way to provide multiple values for a field.
It seems wrong to "warn" of their use, especially given the demonstrated
potential to cause users to "fix" such values incorrectly.
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Alan Mintz <alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net>
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