Either they are associated with Ace Hardware, or they are not. If they are, then it's probably easiest to use brand=*. I doubt very much that they are a co-op.
My suggestion: brand=Ace Hardware name=(the store name) operator=(the name of the owner) Best wishes, Andrew On 30 August 2013 11:55, Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the United States and Canada, we have a very large organization of > hardware stores called Ace Hardware: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Hardware > > Each Ace Hardware is independently owned and operated, and each of > them uses their own name. > > But they all belong to a single organization called Ace Hardware, > which provides them benefits in ordering, etc. > > Since each store is independently owned and operated, the "operator" > tag does not fit, since the stores are not controlled by a central > organization, such as would be the case with a franchise. > > And since each store is branded uniquely, and don't always use the > name Ace Hardware in their name[1] or other material, I don't think > "brand" fits either. > > But we may want to indicate that the relationship between store and > co-op exists, so in this case, since they belong to a co-op, I've used > co-op=Ace Hardware. > > If someone has an alternative suggestion for this type of arrangement, > I'm interested in hearing it. > > - Serge > > [1] Sometimes they do, such as in the case of "Springfield Ace > Hardware" (a real place), but two Ace Hardware stores near me are > called "Aquarius Hardware" and "AJO Home and Lumber", neither of which > indicates any affiliation. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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