I think we don't have choice with the dates tag or else we'll end up
with a monster database filled with unusable anachronisms. Without
going off the handle immediately, I like the idea of the API
validating the data with simple rules: "Must have dates set and/or
must have documentation".
The nice thing about multiple front-ends / application / clients is
that we'll be able to enforce standardized tags for things a little
easier by having the application do it for the user directly.
best,
rhw
On 4-Mar-13, at 10:02 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 18:02:16 -0800
From: Jeff Meyer <[email protected]>
To: mick <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OHM] Historic places versus confidence
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Ref Mick's last comment - a couple of thoughts / questions:
1) We will have an opportunity to shape tagging policy a little more
tightly than the greater OSM tagging canon. I'm looking forward to
that.
Not saying we'll get to the right answer immediately, but we could
start
somewhere & see how it works.
2) What do people think about eventually enforcing/strongly
encouraging use
of certain tags - e.g. date-related, source, anything else? I'm
thinking of
simple JOSM rules/validations looking for the presence of tags. We
could
also put some rules directly into the API...
- Jeff
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:28 PM, mick <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 4 Mar 2013 16:07:09 -0400
Rob Warren <[email protected]> wrote:
I'd like to get it to that point, especially in recording the
changes
...
I agree, we can never envisage the totality of uses for the data
once it
is there nor the tools that will be needed. A client/server
capability will
go a long way to meeting this challenge.
To work effectively tagging will need to be far more consistent and
clearer than OSM currently allows.
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