[OSM-talk] Flickr Now Supports OSM Tags

[Dave F.]

Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Dave F. wrote:
>> I don't understand why others should have to spend time sorting out 
>> OSM's vagaries purely because we can't decide.
>
> The yes/no question may be the most trivial of cases but generally we 
> are reluctant to force a structure onto our mappers. 
But passing it on to others is somehow seen as acceptable?!
> When choosing between something that restricts our mappers and 
> something that makes life more difficult for our users, we always 
> choose the second because mappers are more precious than users.
I'm not convinced by that argument. Choice does not necessarily make 
things simpler.
>
> Granted, there's not much creativity or personal style involved in 
> choosing between yes/no and true/false so mappers would probably not 
> object to that; but in general the idea "let's have a rigid structure 
> so that life becomes easier for our users" is not what we want.
If, by users, you mean the likes of Flickr, then I have to disagree with 
you.
The vast, vast majority of manufacturers spend a lot of time trying to 
make their products simple to use so they sell more units.

Also, in this instance, how would disallowing True/False, 1/0 make it 
rigid or have less choice? Because they all represent the same options, 
nothing would be lost.

Cheers
Dave F.