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= Glossary =

To keep JOSMs interface easy and consistent its vocabulary needs to be easy and consistent too.
Also the [wikitr:/Translations] benefit from a plain terms.

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|| advanced preferences || || Settings which are only visible to advanced users, see [[Help/Preferences/Advanced]] ||
|| button || || Sub forms are panel buttons, switch buttons and else ||
|| child || || When the OSM objects has higher level objects (like nodes in ways or ways in a relation) it is a child ||
|| element || || Not used in JOSM, see object and member ||
|| (GPX) track || || Recorded raw position data used for creating new objects ||
|| imagery || || Background images for tracing ||
|| item  || || Mostly a menu item. ||
|| keyboard shortcut || || Also shortcut key ||
|| key || || The key part of a tag ||
|| main toolbar || || Also called as toolbar or symbol bar ||
|| map paint style || || drawing rules for JOSM map, see [wikitr:/Styles] ||
|| mapview || || The main map area of the screen ||
|| member || || Reference in a relation to another object ||
|| membership || || Objects referenced from a relation ||
|| node || || The basic coordinate object of OSM (sometimes called point) ||
|| note || || Notes are placed by other OSM users ||
|| object || || One of the OSM elements node, way or relation (sometimes called (data) primitive) ||
|| OSM data || || Objects from the OSM server ||
|| outside of the world || || beyond the boundaries of the downloaded map data ||
|| parent || || If a OSM objects has higher level objects (like nodes in ways or ways in a relation) these are parents ||
|| plugin  || || Extension for JOSM ||
|| preset || || A [wikitr:/Presets collection] of object types (also called tagging preset) ||
|| primitive || || One of the OSM elements node, way or relation (sometimes called data object) ||
|| referrer || || Objects which are referred to, like nodes of a way or child relations. ||
|| relation || || The basic grouping object of OSM ||
|| selection || || Objects on the working layer are selected ||
|| sidebar || || Contains several panels (also called ToggleDialog) ||
|| status bar || || Below the Mapview ||
|| tag || || A key and value pair for an object, elsewhere called attribute ||
|| tagging || || Adding tags to objects to describe them ||
|| tagging preset || || see preset ||
|| tags || || The whole set of tags for an object ||
|| trace || || Creating new objects (typically from imagery) ||
|| validator || || Quality ensure tool of JOSM to check (new) data. ||
|| value || || The value part of a tag ||
|| way || || The straight variant of a way without curves is a ''line'' ||

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