[OSM-dev] Escaping characters in node/way tags

[Richard Fairhurst]

Currently node tags are stored in the OSM db as a string like this:

   highway=primary;name=High Street;ref=A429

whereas way tags are stored in a separate table with 'k' and 'v' columns.

 From this I'm concluding:

1. ';' in node keys/values should be escaped as \;
2. '=' in node keys/values should be escaped as \=
3. No escaping is necessary for way keys/values

Am I right?

cheers
Richard