[OSM-dev] PBF HeaderBlock optional?

[Scott Crosby]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Scott Crosby <scott at sacrosby.com> wrote:
> Yes. That is an osmosis bug. That header block is required.

I would like to clarify this slightly. There must be an OSMHeader
block before the first OSMData block, however, the OSMHeader block
does not have to be the first block in the file. Also, parsers should
ignore fileblocks types that they do not understand.

Scott