Chris Browet wrote: >Sent: 22 July 2008 11:39 AM >To: Knut Arne Bjørndal >Cc: Openstreetmap Dev list >Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] "Map Features" in XML? > > > I hardly think migrating Map Features to have the master copy as an > XML file will help getting people to maintain it. > > >Well, if your opinion is that a wiki page is a proper way to store data, is >easily maintainable, not prone to structure change and that static data >should run through a parser before being usable... > >If you also believe that WIKI->XML is easier /more maintainable than XML- >>WIKI... > >I strongly believe this is nonsense, though... > I think bobkare was suggesting that its not as easy for our non techie userbase to add, remove and comment on a Map Features items if its it something other than a simple text format. Constraining it in such a way would not be in OSM fashion. There is a danger that Map Features becomes a "standard" which has to conform and be conformed with and we need to resist that. Much better to work off the actual tags in the db for automated work.
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