On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 11:08:01PM +0200, andrzej zaborowski wrote:
> On 3 May 2013 22:58, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote:
> > On 03.05.2013 22:12, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote:
> >> The consensus was that--at least for place relations which are the
> >> target of the said property--OSM relation IDs are stable enough and any
> >> changes in IDs can be easily rectified. Wikidata is a wiki after all.
> >
> > I am less concerned about the Wikidata side - if they make a bad judgement
> > then it is their mess to clean up. I am however concerned that if more
> > people simply assume that the status quo is there to stay ("IDs are stable
> > enough"), this will put pressure on *us* and limit our flexibility in the
> > future.
>
> The OSMF has sent a pretty strong message saying that object IDs are
> stable enough to base impactful legal decisions on them. It will look
> silly for them to go back to the stance that IDs aren't stable after
> all.
What are you talking about?
Jochen
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