On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1) the RWN/NWN/etc scheme is not a "standard", it's a scheme used by > Europeans to describe their hiking networks, do you agree?
That would/might make it a European standard, or convention. The question then is, do we want to adopt it here or not? If it makes sense to do so, then yes, if not, then no. > 2) what harm could result from Australia not following the "standard"? I would argue, from an insular point of view, as long as you do not call the .au standard the same name or use the same terms, none at all. The caveat because sooner or later someone will is sure to want to attempt international harmony and if we have used the same terminology for different things, they will curse us. The question should be, does the European convention make sense in the Australian context. If it sort of does then it would be sensible to use it rather than invent a new one. If it doesn't, go for it... and deal with the headache of sorting out the international compromises later. jim -- _________________ Jim Croft ~ jim.cr...@gmail.com ~ +61-2-62509499 ~ http://www.google.com/profiles/jim.croft 'A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.' - Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963) _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
