[Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/9/7  <edodd at billiau.net>:

> This discussion is because 'craft' is not the best English word.


there is a WIkipedia-article that is translated in German into "Handwerk":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_%28occupation%29

but you can already see by the content and length of the article that
it is probably a stub. Compare to this:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwerk


> I think the old word was a 'manufactory' from which factory came.


Manufactories are an intermediate step from craft to
industrialisation. They became frequent in the 17th and 18th century
in pre-industrial times. Craft is something refering more to the
middleages (but in Germany has lasted till today) ;-)

cheers,
Martin

PS: Manufactory has an article in 21 languages, but not in English.
See the esperanto version for more info:
http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufakturo