[Tagging] craft vs office for service enterprises/establishments.

[Daniel Bégin]

Marc_marc wrote: “I would have rather described the [office] key as being the place of cerebral or administrative tasks, as opposed to craft which is the place of manual tasks”.

So basically, you consider that craft refers to any manual activity, from dressmakers to electricians, which could make sense. Using the same definition, using office=psychologist would also make sense, right?

Going back to the electrician as an example. The workplace of a person who comes to your house to change a plug or make an electrical installation in a building is tagged craft=electrician. I’m fine with it.
What if this electrician does a very good job and get popular? The electrician eventually hires many other electricians, secretaries, accountants, and create a company. Does that workplace be then tagged as office=company and company=electrician since mostly administrative tasks are now held in the workplace? Or if only the final output of the company is taken into account and then still be tagged craft=electrician?

Just trying to figure out a way to make sense ...
and I find it helpful so far :-)


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Subject: Re: [Tagging] craft vs office for service enterprises/establishments.

Le 25.01.23 à 17:48, Daniel Bégin a écrit :
> office=* refers to places mainly providing services
> and frequently selling them.

I would have rather described the key as being the place of cerebral or
administrative tasks, as opposed to craf which is the place of manual
tasks: technically it is not impossible that a craftsman has an office
in one place and a workshop in another (and even a shop in a third place)

> I would also use office=* for electricians because they provide services

it depends on the meaning of electrician:
if it is the person who comes to your house to change a plug or make
an electrical installation in a building, it is clearly a manual work
and not a service.
if it is the person working for a company producing electricity,
it is industrial with offices (but where there is no electrician)




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