I think the operator tag needs some careful documentation if you're going to use it this way.
Take this local (to me) school as an example www.stjosephsbrackenridge.qld.edu.au I'll be mapping it's area soon. This is a Catholic Primary School. If I used operator tag, I'd put Catholic Church or similar, not QLD Education Department. The building is on church owned grounds, the church pays the staff. They do accept some assistance from the government (I think), but it is a private school. To me, the Education Department is the certifying/controlling body, not the operator of this school. They would be the operator of government run schools, however. It may be that you're talking about a different situation where the County Council actually owns and runs the schools, but sub-lets some of the work to other bodies. But if you're just talking about who is the certifying body for the school, I think operator is the wrong term - it's likely to cause confusion. Stephen 2009/10/15 David Earl <[email protected]>: > operator=Somewhereshire County Council > school:level=early|first|nursery|infant|junior|primary|prep|secondary|tertiary|special|referral > school:status=independent|c_of_e_aided|c_of_e_voluntary_controlled|community|foundation|inter_church_aided|non_denominational > |roman_catholic_aided > > I hope operator is largely uncontroversial as the operator tag is > already widely used in other contexts, though I'm sure someone will find > the need to argue about it. > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
