[OSM-talk] Potential problems moving/depreciating map features tags.
Matthias Julius
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Mon Jul 16 14:10:49 BST 2007
David <thewinch at gmail.com> writes:
> It could even make use of the data on the map features page such as
> render examples and photos and perhaps even parse the page
> periodically so the user stays upto date with new tags.
I don't usually consider parsing a web page to extract information a
good idea. It would be better if the information was stored in a DTD
file or in a database with a defined API. From that the Map Features
page could be aasembled and editors and validators could easily access
the information.
Matthias
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