[OSM-talk] Users, contributors and developers
SteveC
steve at asklater.com
Fri Apr 27 09:27:03 BST 2007
On 27 Apr 2007, at 00:35, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Now I just wanted people to be able to have
>> some third attribute, I don't super mind what it's called. I came
>> away super frustrated that we couldn't even agree having it was a
>> good idea.
>
> It's just different mentalities really. Some (including you) say
> "let's put that in, I think people are going to put it to good use
> somehow", others say "if you can't say how it should be used, then
> leave it out because it will only add to the confusion... even
> though we would like to have it...".
>
> It is true that introducing a "third column" without exact specs on
> how to use it will add to the confusion. But that's not necessarily
> a bad thing because out of the confusion my arise a better spec
> than could have been provided beforehand. (May, not will; you never
> know where you get with those community processes.
What confusion? And there is a clear use-case - namespaces.
have fun,
SteveC | steve at asklater.com | http://www.asklater.com/steve/
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