[OSM-talk] Fixme: A proposal

[Jochen Topf]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 06:56:51AM +0100, Ed Loach wrote:
> Nathan wrote:
> 
> > Would it make more sense to categorize by the tag? For example:
> > *FIXME:name=yes
> > *FIXME:maxspeed=verify that the entire road is 55 mph
> 
> We don't need a proposal for this. It is such common sense that
> people do this already where it is appropriate (i.e. where more than
> one FIXME is needed on a single OSM element) :
> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=FIXME#keys

Its not common sense, its stupid. That way you make sure that your special
fixme tag is not seen by tools that look for the normal fixme tag.

The value for the fixme tag is a free-text note. You can just write:
"fixme=Not sure whether the name is right, verify maxspeed". Even better:
If you are not sure about the name and maxspeed, delete those tags. Then
its obvious that something is missing there and somebody will add it in due
course. No special tags needed.

Jochen
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