I think the best way is to make a new user for each import. Then put the attribution and other information like a link back to the data source on the user page as well as a link form the imports page.
Dale On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Jean-Guilhem Cailton <j...@arkemie.com> > wrote: > > Le 22/05/2010 20:47, Richard Weait a écrit : > > Thanks for explaining things this thoroughly. (Since no one had answer, I > > had thought i'd offer my best guess, along with the link to conditions on > > site). > > > > I have a remaining question : without a source tag, how does one later > knows > > where the data came from ? > > A source tag can certainly be handy for the next editor in evaluating > data they are tempted to change. But using a source as attribution, > or part of a legal agreement is problematic. for an import, source > probably fits better in the changeset. Also source may be implied by > the specific import-user created for the import. > > > (and, by the way, many of the imports in the catalog seem to have a > source > > tag). > > Indeed they do. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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