<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 15:40, Martin Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
I agree painter is ambiguous, but office is about an office, while the place of a decorator would probably not just be an office but contain all the tools and paint and stuff they need to do their work.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, but under the current system (which is probably too deeply embedded to fix) an office can</div><div>be one of two basic types:</div><div><br></div><div>1) A place for doing paperwork or other administrative tasks.</div><div><br></div><div>2) A place selling services to the public. Essentially a shop, but for non-physical items.</div><div><br></div><div>There are overlaps. A call centre fits both of the above.</div><div><br></div><div>A decorator's "office" might well contain tools and consumables. But the public would</div><div>not, in general, be expected to visit. You don't dismantle your house and take the pieces</div><div>to a decorator's office to be painted, then take them back and reassemble them. The</div><div>actual work of the decorator takes place elsewhere. A sculptor, in general, carves stone</div><div>and wood in a place tagged craft=sculptor. A sculptor might also do work at other</div><div>locations, but craft=sculptor is a studio/workshop and not, generally, for public</div><div>access. A craft=painter (current meaning) is where paperwork is done and perhaps</div><div>where equipment is stored, but it is not where the actual craft of decorating takes place.</div><div><br></div><div>With hindsight we'd have designed a more consistent tagging scheme. We have to do</div><div>the best we can with what we have. We might be able to deprecate craft=painter,</div><div>though, since it's wrong on two counts: it's not a place where the craft activity takes</div><div>place and it would be better as "decorator" than the ambiguous "painter."<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>