I like the idea. I think we could provide three files: 1. tag usage in default preset 2. tag usage in default map style 3. tag usage in validator rules
2014-09-14 10:04 GMT+02:00 Jochen Topf <joc...@remote.org>: > Hi! > > Taginfo (taginfo.osm.org) has the "mission" of aggregating all information > about OSM tag usage and present it to the users. As a part of this, taginfo > has parsed the JOSM style config files for a long time to present infos > like this: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/highway#josm . > > A few weeks back JOSM changed its config files and the parser broke. Since > then this data has been static. > > I always wanted to extend this to other editors and other uses of OSM tags, > in maps, routers, etc. But I have realized over time that that approach > doesn't scale. I can't parse everybodies config file (or look at the source > code of all these projects) to see which tags are used how. And I can't > keep up with the changes. > > So I changed the approach: Instead of taginfo having to understand all the > different formats, I created one simple format in which all projects can > report to taginfo which tags they are using. The projects generate either > automatically or manually (or both) a .json file that taginfo pulls in > daily and integrates into its database. > > Currently this setup is in beta test. You can see it at work at > http://mercator.openstreetmap.de/projects (or the "behind-the-scenes-look > at http://mercator.openstreetmap.de/projects";). Or, for instance, the > info about the highway key here: > http://mercator.openstreetmap.de/keys/highway#projects > > I have copied over some JOSM infos from the old setup into the new, just to > show how it could look. But that is just for the beta test. If JOSM wants > to > show up in taginfo in the future, you'll have to create this json file and > give me the URL. A documentation of the format is in the wiki: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taginfo/Projects . The format is > intentionally simple and can't reflect all the nuances of the tag usage. > I see it more as a way to *find* information about tag usage then to > directly present all of it. That's why there are links back to the project. > > I'd be glad if you can provide such a project file. I don't know enough > about > the innards of JOSM, maybe it should be more that one file, one for core > JOSM, one for each style, maybe one for each plugin? We have to try this > out and can start small and extend this over time. > > I have not released this taginfo feature yet, because I want to get > feedback > from you and others. If you have ideas about the file format, or the > presentation or other aspects of this feature please tell me. > > Jochen > -- > Jochen Topf joc...@remote.org http://www.jochentopf.com/ +49-721-388298 > > _______________________________________________ > josm-dev mailing list > josm-dev@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev > _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list josm-dev@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
