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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would say generally, yes. I notice locally a bot following around a mapper who uses denomination=Anglican converting it to denomination=anglican (and auto-correct made that difficult to type with a lower case in this email). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>See also:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners_Guide_1.4.1">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners_Guide_1.4.1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“All tags are lower-case, except for names.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(I’d add FIXME=* as an exception to the all tags are lower-case rule; I’m sure other people might come up with other exceptions; see for example:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys">http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys</a> sort by Key ascending and go forward a few pages to get past those beginning with a digit – AND prefixed keys for example are quite numerous).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Matthew Deabreu [mailto:matthew.deabreu@safe.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> 07 February 2012 20:51<br><b>To:</b> talk@openstreetmap.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSM-talk] Are OSM tags case sensitive?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just a quick question, are OSM tags case sensitive?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have seen quite a bit of discussion about the topic however I have not seen a definitive answer. I am wondering because I work at Safe Software Inc. and the product we are working on currently treats them as case sensitive. Should we make our product (FME) treat OSM tags as case insensitive and convert attributes to all lower case?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for any help!<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><b>Matthew DeAbreu</b> | Development Intern<br><br>Safe Software Inc.<br>Suite 2017, 7445 - 132nd Street, Surrey, BC Canada V3W 1J8<br><b>T</b> 604.501.9985 x 225 | <b>F</b> 604.501.9965<br><a href="mailto:Matthew.DeAbreu@safe.com" target="_blank">Matthew.DeAbreu@safe.com</a> | <a href="http://www.safe.com" target="_blank">www.safe.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FME 2012 <span class=il><span style='background:#FFFFCC'>World</span></span> Tour | Spring | 30+ Cities Worldwide & Online<br>Join us at an FME User Meeting near you. See FME 2012 in action, discover new tips and tricks and connect with fellow FME users.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Register today at <a href="http://www.safe.com/wt2012" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>www.safe.com/wt2012</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>