[Tagging] Tagging buildings

[Liz]

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010, Alexander Sidorov wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I am writing an application that queries OSM buildings. Please tell me what
> is the common way of tagging buildings. Do they usually have names (I'm
> talking about usual buildings, not places of interest)? What does usually
> name contain: addr:housenumber, addr:housename, etc. or some combination?
> 
> Regards,
> Alexander
> 
I think the answers will vary from different countries.
Very few buildings in my area have been marked at all, nodes only, and no 
address features given.