On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Cartinus wrote:
> A machine wouldn't know without a set of rules or a hierarchy.
Isn't part of the point of OSM to produce a data set that _is_ machine
readable? I consider lack of machine readability to be a real problem.
> plus it is filled with lots of "background" knowledge.
I think the context is only "obvious" to those who have been dealing with
the structure of the OSM data set for some time.
> Once again you have removed the context from your example
I have said the source of that context can be extremely ambiguous. This
is not the same as removing context - it is simply that you can't
necessarilly identify the context. This is a problem.
> * with a certain purpose
And what is that purpose?
> * shown in an editor
Not necessarilly.
- Steve
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