Permanent IDs has been brought up several times, especially as part of the Wikidata ID discussion. I started a wiki page to outline the requirements and goals, but it might be incomplete, feel free to add / correct / comment.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Permanent_ID Once we reach the agreement on the goals, we can figure out the implementation strategy. On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > On 28 November 2017 at 16:40, Christoph Hormann <o...@imagico.de> wrote: > > > The problem is OSM is a map of the physical world, not a map of the > > world's databases. If Wikidata wants to create links between OSM and > > other databases that is great but so far i think no one has made a good > > case why this linking information should be stored in OSM rather than > > Wikidata. > > Then you are not paying attention. OSM IDs are volatile - far more > volatile than Wikipedia IDs, let alone Wikidata IDs. > > > Again my suggestion: Working on better ways to address features in OSM > > in a stable way from the outside would be much more productive > > Great! Let us know when you have a working solution, consensus to > implement it, and tools that work with it. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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