[OSM-talk] Tag name vs operator

[John Smith]

On 13 July 2010 06:59, Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would say the exact opposite. The tag 'name' is what you see on the
> facade. The (optional) tag 'operator' is the name of the chain but we should
> not suggest to not use 'name' otherwise we will have different tagging when
> restaurants/hotels are part or not of a chain.

No according to the wiki:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:operator