2009/10/18 Mike N. <nice...@att.net>: >> From there if an API could be created for editors we could do things >> like mousing over a tag in JOSM/potlatch then throws up a page of text >> describing the tag. >> >> Any tags the are entered that aren't in the database could generate a >> prompt asking people to document it on the spot, alternatively we >> could have a suggestion engine by searching both tag names and in the >> descriptions and seeing if something similar already exists and they >> could choose to use that instead. > > I agree with this - someone else described a system of meta-tags for tags, > integrated into the editors to make it easy to locate the tag you're > thinking of by subject, possibly even in the local language. The editors > could even hide the 'official English tag' used internally by OSM. Less > common local items could be in a language other than English.
That's a good point, having some kind of API for tags would make it possible to have translations with very little extra effort from a programming point of view. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
