[OSM-dev] WANTED Experts of Editing API

[Paul Norman]

On 2022-07-13 12:23 a.m., Jonas Feuchtmüller wrote:
> The basis for my work is relevant research literature on this topic. 
> Based on this, I compare the found results from research with the 
> status quo in practice. A special focus is on the identification of 
> characteristics and factors that influence the innovativeness of 
> application programming interfaces. The editing application 
> programming interfaces of OpenStreetMap will serve as an example. More 
> precisely, it will be investigated whether APIs are used for 
> standardization. In addition, the effects and motivations with regard 
> to standardization and innovation of the individual versions will be 
> discussed. In the interview, the versions V0.3 to V0.6 will be 
> examined in more detail. 

API 0.3 was stopped in May 2007, 0.4 in October 2007, and 0.5 in April 
2009. At the time, OSM was a fraction of its current size, with three 
orders of magnitude fewer users. You will find that few current 
developers are familiar with the earlier API versions, as not only were 
a small portion around back then, some of the people involved back then 
have moved on or passed away.

I recommend also looking at the features that have been added to 0.6 
without API version increments, such as notes/bugs, changeset 
discussions, and JSON format