On 2 Jul 2009, at 11:19, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > Richard Fairhurst wrote: >> Frederik Ramm wrote: >>> That's the point I was trying to make - do not hog all the bugs in >>> one central place and allow users to do only what you have coded; >>> instead open this up so that anybody can hook their app into the >>> user interface to offer functionality. >> >> I'd kind of taken that as read - if you're going to have a REST API >> for it, >> then of course there's going to be read as well as write >> operations. Just as >> with the rest of OSM. > > If Steve's intention is to set up something without any user > interface, > just a clearinghouse for machines to dump their data and other > machines > to access them, then you are right. > > If the plan is to create something that actually interfaces with > humans > who want to check their area for bugs, then what you would need is > something where an application can not only upload the bug to the > clearinghouse but also say something like: "And please if someone > views > that bug, offer them the following link that leads back to my > application so the user can use my cool functionality which I have > implemented in MUMPS for assisted bug fixing", or even "click that > link > to be directed to the application which created this bug to read more > about it."
That could just be a tag that we agree on? application=mumps url=mumps.blah.com/bug/3737347373 or something? Best Steve _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk