[OSM-talk] Xml design

[Immanuel Scholz]

Hi,

> What was the original rationale for the current XML design of k=""
> v=""  design?

The idea was, that keys and values are choosen by user at need. They were
thought more as loose tags, not as fixed attributes (in fact, the original
design had just a text string where the user could enter anything). Think
of "the flickr way". The hope was, that what works for flickr, will work
for a map too.


Ciao, Imi