[OSM-talk] OSM Wikibase is now live

[Yuri Astrakhan]

On Sun, Sep 23, 2018, 14:58 Christoph Hormann <osm at imagico.de> wrote:

>
> For clarification:  The main purpose of the OSM wiki is to allow mappers
> to document tags they use and allow them to coordinate and communicate
> about this use of tags with other mappers.


Agree

If you have some data
> collecting application related to OSM tags it would be advisable to
> maintain this outside the OSM wiki - like for example taginfo and
> taghistory do.
>
> Mixing systematic data collection into the OSM wiki is just asking for
> trouble.


Not sure what you are referring to. Wikbase project is designed to be the
primary source of the tag description. This will NOT replace the freeform
wiki page that describe finer points of the tag usage. But it will simplify
the info card, and help all other projects that need tag documentation,
this fulfilling the primary goal even better.

Other projects like taginfo will have an easier time using that data.
Currently, it has considerable and error prone code to parse wiki markup.
Fewer errors and easier data usage should lead to better tools for the
mappers.
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