[Tagging] ID Permanence

[Tyler Gunn]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 15:47:14 +1000, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I've penned some initial thoughts on what to do about Object ID
Permanence
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/UUID

Hi John,
Being a programmer I understand what a UUID is and have used them many
times.

I am, however, curious what use you are envisioning for this UUID data? 
Are you thinking of external sites that would want to reference OSM data
directly?

Just curious...

Thanks,
Tyler