<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Frederik Ramm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
There are no deprecated tags in OSM because that would require an authority to deprecate them and we neither have nor want that.<br>
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There are tags being used less in favour of other tags; there are tags slowly being replaced by other tags; there are tags which are not "en vogue" any more. All that. But nothing is ever deprecated.<br><br></blockquote>
<div><br><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Deprecated_features">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Deprecated_features</a><br><i><br>"<b>OpenStreetMap does not have "deprecated features", as anybody is allowed and encouraged to use any tag they think is useful.</b></i><p>
</p><p><i>However, from time to time the wiki community suggests a new
feature instead of an older one, to improve tagging clarity or
structure. If there is no strong reason to stick to the old tags in
these cases, you might want to go along with the recommendation and use
the new tags suggested here.
</i></p><i>The following are features for which alternative tagging is recommended by those engaged in tagging discussions."</i><br><br><br>tl;dr: These features are deprecated. But we can't stop you using them.<br>
<br>Comment: I hate authority as much as the next guy, probably more so. But there comes a point where "anything goes" anarchy is harmful. Just deprecate the damn tags and move on.<br><br>Steve<br></div></div>