[OSM-dev] Potlatch - Richard... I know

[Stefan de Konink]

Matt Amos wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Stefan de Konink <stefan at konink.de> wrote:
>> Marc Schütz wrote:
>>>> Use < as delimiter, (since it can never
>>>> be used in key or value tag)
>>> I'm pretty sure it can; AFAIK there are no limitations on what may occur in keys and values (besides NUL).
>> We are running an XML system, that prohibits the entry of lessthan and
>> greaterthan in plain text?
> 
> > <

So if I use < 'as char' to be a delimiter for the to uniquely sorted 
list, I can after this operation use < 'as char' to split it?

Anyway; take any non occuring value as delimiter, to stop this 
discussion, while we still have a broken api on way:

http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.5/way/8171646


Stefan