[OSM-dev] WANTED Experts of Editing API

[Jonas Feuchtmüller]

Thank you Paul for your input. I know it's hard to find developers from
back then.
But still I would be happy if someone comes forward who still had to do
with the old versions and is willing to do an interview with me.
Especially because I would like to know the reasons for the different
versions.
And the interviews are necessary, because I want to analyze them for my
master thesis. I will send you the questions in advance.

I would be very happy if there is someone who has experience with the
versions and is willing to do an interview with me.

Jonas


Am Do., 14. Juli 2022 um 00:58 Uhr schrieb Paul Norman <osm at paulnorman.ca>:

> 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
>
>
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