[OSM-dev] "Map Features" in XML?

[Chris Browet]

2008/7/22 Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net>:

> Chris Browet wrote:
>
> > If you also believe that WIKI->XML is easier /more maintainable than
> > XML->WIKI...
> >
> > I strongly believe this is nonsense, though...
>
> Certainly more editable. More people have, and know how to use, a wiki
> editor (i.e. a web browser) than an XML editor. And "optimise for ease
> of editing" is a good general OSM principle.
>
>
To Richard and Knut:
I'm certainly a techie more accustomed to XML than to Wiki, but I looked
into the source of the "Map Feature" page (+ the linked templates) and I
wouldn't dare making a modification in there myself.
Why an XML editor? What is the difference between typing XML text and wiki
source text? You could have the XML in the wiki to avoid going thru SVN.

But if there is a general consensus that it is easier to edit, so be it, I
just won't go into the exercise of creating a wiki parser just to stay in
sync, and go Frederik's way or something alike.

To Andy:
I understand the OSM philosophy of "everybody tags whichever way they want",
but I'm pretty sure the mappers around would like that their work leads to
something, mainly to the mapnik map or whatever other interface to the OSM
data.
Call me rigid, but for me, the "Map Feature" page IS a standard. It's the
surest (the only) way to have anything uploaded to OSM actually useful.
As a french speaking guy, I could type "Autoroute=bretelle" but it would
lead to nothing.

But this is another story...

- Chris -
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