On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 08:41:21AM +0100, Lester Caine wrote:
> When one starts to look at 'McDonalds', 'KFC' and 'Burger King' then while
> they
> are franchises, the name is the 'brand', but a group of 'McDonalds' may well
> be
> operated by a single local business ... certainly overseas. This all just
> relates to how we search for things, and so simply standarising on the
> 'brand'
> makes perfect sense? I'm looking for a 'best western' hotel or a 'KFC' so
> search
> looks up all the local POI with that brand ?
Why not reusing the existing 'network' tag for the 'brand'? Though, I
may be biased by Polish language where we use our 'network' equivalent
the way 'chain' is used in English (e.g. for restaurants).
Greets,
Jacek
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