[Tagging] Extended Conditions - response to votes

[Martin Vonwald]

Am 06.07.2012 um 13:28 schrieb Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de>:

> On 06.07.2012 08:47, Martin Vonwald wrote:
>> One issue of the ext-cond jumped into my mind again when I read your examples above: in the prop it is written that the most specific value should be taken. But what is "most specific"? I think the correct determination of this could be quite complex.
> 
> It simply means that if one of two non-identical boolean expressions
> implies the other (which is an established and well-defined concept),
> then it is more specific.
> 
> Implementing this should just be a bit of routine programming work.

If you say so. So a general speed limit of 100, 80 for hgv and 70 for all in case of rain, snow and ice is crystal clear (for mappers and apps)?


>> The variants with keys like <key>:condition:<ordering> would solve this IMO.
> 
> You could replace "specificness" with "whatever condition comes first".
> But that would burden the mapper with making sure that maxspeed:hgv:wet
> is listed before maxspeed:hgv, with no good reason why that should be
> important.

Good point. If the "specificness" is just a "bit of routine programming work" everything's fine.

Martin