[OSM-talk] Giving everything a unique ID

[John Smith]

On 4 June 2010 00:58, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> Yes.  The way I see it, the "permanent object"/"moral entity" would be
> whatever you describe in the text.  So if you put in the text "the Texas
> School Book Depository", the uuid should move when the book depository
> moves.  If you put in the text "the building where Oswald shot Kennedy", the
> uuid shouldn't move when the book depository moves.  I'd think in most cases
> you'd choose the former rather than the latter, but in some cases you might
> really want to link to the latter (such as the example given).

Actually that's a better example than the one I thought up, I'll add
it to the wiki page.