On Apr 2, 2008, at 13:08, Cartinus wrote: > On Wednesday 02 April 2008 12:02:49 Robin Paulson wrote: >>
>> true, but as i suggested in a previous mail, i'm not sure why someone >> would need to do this. if a user is importing another dataset which >> needs attribution, they would likely be someone responsible/trusted, >> and given temporary rights to add to the 'attributions' tag. >> >> who else would need to edit it? i can't see a situation where anyone >> would feel a need to delete and then re-create? what would they gain, >> in real terms? > > You probably can't see the need because you are currently not > editing in an > area that is peppered with nodes that contain a "source=AND" tag. > Why would a > node that I moved a bit and changed into a "highway=bus_stop name=*" > still be > attributed to wherever it was imported from first? Why would a lake > where I > changed the east bank according to Yahoo aerial images or my own GPS > tracks > still be attributed to wherever it was imported from first? Etc., > etc., etc. I may be missing something, but why would we need to introduce a read- only attribution tag if we already have it? It's the source tag of the first version of an object, in http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.5/<objtype>/<id>/history Cheers Robert _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
