[OSM-talk] Tagging OSM objects with UUIDs

[John Smith]

On 7 June 2010 19:13, Peter Körner <osm-lists at mazdermind.de> wrote:
> Frederik Ramm schrieb:
>>
>> For every kind of object and every context in which you link to it, the
>> change of some properties might invalidate the link. That's why UUIDs are
>> not only clumsy but also not solving the problem.
>
> But location/tag combinations could:
>
>  ?bbox=$SOME-STREET$&amenity=restaurant&cuisine=italian
>
> could link to *any* restaurant in this place,
>
>  ?bbox=$SOME-CITY$&amenity=restaurant&operator=fred
>
> could link to *your* restaurant - this also works, if fred's going to open a
> whole restaurant chain,
>
>  ?bbox=$SOME-CITY$&amenity=restaurant&name=Chez%20Fred
>
> could link to *a specific* restaurant somewhere in the city.

You are guessing the details are going to be the same if things get
shifted, it won't help if the old node is deleted and a new one added
with a spelling mistake, or at the very least require just as much
intervention as fixing up missing UUIDs. In fact if a UUID is deleted
you could use similar searches you point out above to suggest where
the UUID should be shifted to, but leave it up to a person to make an
informed decision about it.