[OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to easily track their OSM-objects over time

[pangoSE]

Hi Simon

Den Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:22:07 +0200
skrev Re: [OSM-talk] New API suggestion: Allowing contributors to
easily track their OSM-objects over time:

> As, independent of any other concerns, a matter of good form, I would
> want to point out that there is no such thing as ownership of
> OSM-objects, and discussing a concept of "their OSM-objects" is
> starting the discussion on the wrong foot.

I intentionally
avoided the word "own". What I mean is that our users touch a number of
objects by either creating, changing or removing them. Is that correct?

Every time this happens I would like OSM to log that in such a way that
it is possible to track the object (even if the osmid changes). This of
course comes at a cost with every changeset, but I think its worth it
because it makes it possible for users to "follow" an object.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Database lists our current data
model for anyone interested.

/pangoSE