Re: [Tagging] Galleries versus art shops

2016-02-09 10:21 GMT+01:00 Frederik Ramm : > (Leaving aside the fact that many museums will sell if the price is right!) can you back this up by some real examples? I also have thought about this and came to the conclusion that typically a museum would not sell parts of

Re: [Tagging] Do-it-yourself versus hardware stores

sent from a phone > Am 10.02.2016 um 15:04 schrieb Colin Smale : > > Are we writing our own dictionary? your links don't seem to bring much news into the discussion, especially as they aren't for "hardware store" or "diy store". I also like Johns observation of diy

Re: [Tagging] Galleries versus art shops

On 11 February 2016 at 09:53, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > can you back this up by some real examples? I also have thought about this > and came to the conclusion that typically a museum would not sell parts of > their collection as long as it fits within their concept

Re: [Tagging] Do-it-yourself versus hardware stores

sent from a phone > Am 09.02.2016 um 20:30 schrieb Philip Barnes : > > The difference is about service, a shop=doityourself is about pile it > high and sell it cheap. The staff have little or no knowledge beyond > how things are labelled and certainly can't suggest a

Re: [Tagging] Art galleries/museums

2016-02-11 2:44 GMT+01:00 Greg Troxel : > We have to separate words that appear in names from tag definitions that > happen to use the same words. > words in names are strong indications. The word "gallery" has multiple meanings, that why the word "contemporary art gallery" is

Re: [Tagging] Do-it-yourself versus hardware stores

Javbw > On Feb 11, 2016, at 5:26 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer > wrote: > > ot (they'd sell wire and nails/screws, glue, paint and even small amounts of > gypsum or cement, also smaller extruded metal profiles might be available, or > chainlink mesh, Usually they sell

Re: [Tagging] Do-it-yourself versus hardware stores

2016-02-11 10:58 GMT+01:00 Colin Smale : > At the end of the day there are an infinite number of combinations of what > a shop might sell. It doesn't matter what examples are discussed here, > there will always be anecdotal evidence that it is wrong/incomplete. We > are

Re: [Tagging] Do-it-yourself versus hardware stores

The "store" can be factored out. It is about what they sell - what is "hardware" against what is "stuff for DIY". Looking at what you want to get out of a system, helps to determine what you need to put in. At the end of the day there are an infinite number of combinations of what a shop might

Re: [Tagging] Do-it-yourself versus hardware stores

Good timing, Colin. I was about to bring up what differentiates DIY from, say, a lumberyard or a steel yard, which focuses primarily on the materials wholesale and may (for example, Parr Lumber ) incidentally have a small hardware and paint shop (at

Re: [Tagging] Do-it-yourself versus hardware stores

Large stocks of building materials and supporting construction materials is what I would probably call a "builders merchant". http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/builders%27-merchant?q=builders+merchant But note the third example sentence: "The boundaries between builders'

Re: [Tagging] Do-it-yourself versus hardware stores versus trade

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 05:49:11AM -0600, Paul Johnson wrote: > Good timing, Colin. I was about to bring up what differentiates DIY from, > say, a lumberyard or a steel yard, which focuses primarily on the materials > wholesale and may (for example, Parr Lumber >

Re: [Tagging] Art galleries/museums

On 2016년 01월 26일 15:53, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 26 January 2016 at 14:12, Marc Zoutendijk wrote: >>> I would like : >>> - discourage tourism=gallery >>> - subtype of tourism=museum, museum=art just like >>> museum=railway/history, and further art=painting/... >>> - also

Re: [Tagging] Art galleries/museums

On 2016년 01월 25일 23:44, Matthijs Melissen wrote: > Hi all, > > The wiki defines the tag tourism=gallery as 'an area or typically a > building that displays a variety of visual art exhibitions' [1]. This > is an officially approved tag [2]. In addition, the wiki page on > tourism=museum [3]

Re: [Tagging] Art galleries/museums

Indications, may be, but no more than that. What it is actually called is subjective - it was a human decision at some point in the past. Politics often plays a big role in that decision... What is *IS* can be made more or less objective by reference to definitions. On 2016-02-11 10:06, Martin