[OSM-dev] created_by considered harmfull

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Thu Aug 9 12:32:10 BST 2007


Hi,

> What's about an API extension allows to select output format?
> Maybe one is OSM XML the other OSM JSON (javascript object notation).

If there's a choice, I think it is better to have external services  
than building everything into the core.

Nothing keeps you from writing an OSM <-> JSON converter, it's  
probably less then a hundred lines in the scripting language of your  
choice. Someone else can set up his own converter with extra  
features, a third guy can set up something that speaks a binary  
protocol. Some may want to filter out "created_by" tags, some not...  
and so on.

Bye
Frederik

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