On 14.04.2023 10:13, Volker Schmidt wrote:
Ownership is not relevant if you think in terms of fixmystreet..
Just two extreme examples.
* The Italian Motorway network is owned by the Italian via a
state-majority public company, and operated by several different
private or state-owned companies that to all effects own specific
parts of the network. They take the road toll and do all the
maintenance.
* I lived for a couple of years in city (in the US) The street was
property of the city, the drainage system was theirs, but I had to
clean the street in front of the house up to the middle from the
leaves falling from the trees that the city had planted. If the
drainage does not work, who is the operator or owner?
LIke I summarised earlier, it seems the most important information to
capture is ownership=*. Owner can be derived from ownership
geograhically almost all of the time, and if not, can be captured
separately in owner=* as needed. If and when the relevant operator is
different from the owner, operator=* can captured.
Per your example, as a citizen of said US city, if I had a complaint
about drainage malfunctions, wouldn't I be expected to contact the city?
I would think the reasonable approach was to contact the city, and the
city would in turn contact you if they determine that the cause and
responsibilites justify it.
We have the same thing in Norway. Property owners in the city are
required by local law to clear snow from sidewalks adjacent to their
property. Property owners in the suburbs are not. As a member of the
public who had a complaint about a slippery sidewalk, I would contact
the city, and the city would need to delegate when appropriate.
So for Fixmystreet, ownership (and owner derived from that) seems to be
very relevant.
Cheers,
Jens
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