[Tagging] Builders' Merchants -> Timber Merchant
Liz
edodd at billiau.net
Fri Jun 25 12:42:38 BST 2010
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010, ael wrote:
> > would be useful. When I have a moment, I will try and come up with
> > something better than yard.
>
> A thesaurus didn't throw up anything compelling. Instead I became
> convinced that the best subtag is actually "merchant".
>
> shop=merchant
> merchant = timber|building-supplies|agricultural|garden|...
i don't see how shop and merchant are different
shop has been mostly used to describe retail trade
we are looking at tags suitable for commercial or industrial sites
sites which sell stuff which is too large to carry out of the shop
(easily, one person)
sites which sell to tradesmen (or women)
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