[OSM-talk] my own properties (was: Map Features tagging question)

[Nicola Ranaldo]

> *Applaude*. I really enjoyed reading this, because that is exactly the
> spirit I like to have in OSM. People who just use tags. :)

remember etienne used a namespace :))))

> My hope is, that more people just use the tagging system at what it is:
> A big storage of key/value pairs to do creative stuff with ;-).

Some genetic software able to understand the ironic meanings of several 
petabytes of different  tags on year 2100 ? :)))
I may tag all the place where i meet a girl :)) and other peoples could want 
in doing the same, if someone want to create a density map we have to share 
the same tag system!

> And if someone likes your "ibm" (btw: what does it mean? ;) tag, then he
> can rename or copy the tag to something like "important=yes" ;-)

if someone rename them,  etienne rendering tools will break and etienne will 
ask you to rollback changes :)

> (And if anyone say anything like "performance" or "privacy", then we
> will probably need tag-separation by different servers to solve this.
> IMHO what we don't need is rigid structures.)

I think we need rigid structures on a very well defined namespace for 
rendering/routeplanning.. STOP!...  and the total freedom on the "default" or 
alternatives namespaces.
Josm, osmarender, osmeditor, osmviewer, and other tools already base their 
rendering engine on some "de facto" standards.
I think you do not want someone enter your preferred area and breaks all your 
work adopting a strange, creative, beautiful tagging system colliding 
with "de facto" system...  :)

Regards

	Niko