In an earlier message it was suggested that I use key:brand for a store in a chain. An alternative is to use key:franchise. Key:Brand is (much) more widely used in terms of instances. Key:franchise implies a conservation of business model by franchisees and goes along with a shared brand; sharing a brand does not imply that there is a franchise relationship. My thinking is that key:franchise should be discouraged in favor of key:brand where the intention is to show an observable relationship between a single store and a chain evidenced only by names. In this sense, key:franchise is like key:landuse while key:brand is like key:landcover — the former implies a knowledge of they why and how, while the latter implies knowledge of what. Key:franchise could be used in addition if there is documentation to support it.
If there is agreement on this, I'd suggest working to clean and close http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:franchise so that a clear demarcation between use can be documented. --ceyockey _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
