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

[John Smith]

2009/12/20 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> "OpenStreetMap does not have "deprecated features", as anybody is allowed
>> and encouraged to use any tag they think is useful.
>
> Geez, with rules like that maybe it would be better to start tagging for the
> renderers.

In a way that probably happens to an extent, the renderers stop
rendering a tag(s) so people start tagging differently as a result so
their data continues to render.