[OSM-talk] Users, contributors and developers

[Andy Robinson]

SteveC wrote:
>Sent: 27 April 2007 9:27 AM
>To: Frederik Ramm
>Cc: OSM
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Users, contributors and developers
>
>
>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.
>

For the laymen amongst us (myself included ;-) ) can someone concisely give
the reasons that suggest a third column over and above the use of
namespaces?

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk

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