[OSM-Science] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Paper/Article about stagnation in OSM

[joost schouppe]

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From: Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>
Date: di 31 jul. 2018 om 23:51
Subject: [OSM-talk] Paper/Article about stagnation in OSM
To: Talk Openstreetmap <talk at openstreetmap.org>

Hi,

I don't necessarily agree with all that's been written but I found

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053951718790591

an interesting read: "The social construction of technological stasis:
The stagnating data structure in OpenStreetMap."

Grossly simplified, the author tries to answer the question "why haven't
we shipped API 0.7 yet" from a social science viewpoint.

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This looks like it's a scientific equivalent to the famous "Why OSM is in
serious trouble" from a while back. Quote from the abstract:

"The technological stasis is rather rooted in the dominant position of few
project members who are able to change the software design; it is their
perception of the project that defines how data should be stored and what
features are dispensable."



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