[Openstreetmap] Re: [Openstreetmap-dev] OSM's Schema - moving it forwards.

[Nick Whitelegg]

>- The gain in simplicity is only for humans. The xml is NOT to be read
>by humans. IF it is desired to read the xml manually, a small piece of
>script code can turn the xml to a much more human readible form.

Some interesting and valid points but I have to reply on this one :-)
I've always understood one of the key advantages of XML to be the fact that
a human can read it, make sense
of it and edit it in a text editor if need be. I write XML directly all the
time (XHTML).

Nick