[OSM-talk] Empty tag values

Roland Olbricht roland.olbricht at gmx.de
Mon Sep 9 20:45:58 UTC 2013


Dear all,

I just learned that the main API does allow empty tag values, e.g.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/2411598379

However, JOSM does not allow to set empty tags (it removes the tag instead), 
and that was never a reason for a bug report, i.e. at least half of all OSM 
users never missed them. And I assume several other software doesn't properly 
handle empty tags too.

Should empty tags be allowed? Or should empyt tags silently treated as the tag 
being absent?

Cheers,

Roland




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