[OSM-talk] Cross-renderer tag support, now with OSMdoc!

[Steve Bennett]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> There are no deprecated tags in OSM because that would require an authority
> to deprecate them and we neither have nor want that.
>
> There are tags being used less in favour of other tags; there are tags
> slowly being replaced by other tags; there are tags which are not "en vogue"
> any more. All that. But nothing is ever deprecated.
>
>
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Deprecated_features
*
"OpenStreetMap does not have "deprecated features", as anybody is allowed
and encouraged to use any tag they think is useful.*

*However, from time to time the wiki community suggests a new feature
instead of an older one, to improve tagging clarity or structure. If there
is no strong reason to stick to the old tags in these cases, you might want
to go along with the recommendation and use the new tags suggested here. *
*The following are features for which alternative tagging is recommended by
those engaged in tagging discussions."*


tl;dr: These features are deprecated. But we can't stop you using them.

Comment: I hate authority as much as the next guy, probably more so. But
there comes a point where "anything goes" anarchy is harmful. Just deprecate
the damn tags and move on.

Steve
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