[OSM-talk] OSM tagging validation lib

[James]

ID is javascript, JOSM is java. So right there I already see a
intercompatibility issue

On Dec 24, 2017 6:12 AM, "François Lacombe" <fl.infosreseaux at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> Here is an idea I got regarding tagging validation in editors (iD, JOSM,
> others).
> Subsequently to wiki proposal voting and cleanups, it's currently
> necessarily to open issues in each editor repository to ask for new tagging
> validation rules.
>
> It can sometimes be time consuming to develop those new rules and such a
> work is done independently by each project maintainer. While each project
> have its own specific components, background logic is the same.
>
> Would a new lib called like osmtagvalidator or so in charge of doing
> conform validation to wiki be useful?
> It may be shared by any project involved in osm editing and preserve its
> resources for other valuable developments.
>
> For me, validation doesn't prevent users to use tags they want, but only
> warn them about possible mistakes.
>
> How would devs and users feel about this?
>
> All the best
>
> François
>
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