My official email address ends in .gov :-).  And diplomats are by definition 
government employees.  

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> On Oct 26, 2018, at 7:26 AM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In OSM I would expect the term government not to be a foreign government but 
> a resident one. 
> So I would use a different term, office=diplomatic for example. 
> 
>> On 26/10/18 12:26, Allan Mustard wrote:
>> Embassies and consulates are definitely government facilities/offices.  
>> Under the legal doctrine of extraterritoriality, the embassy or consulate is 
>> considered to be located in the sending country for purposes of legal 
>> jurisdiction.  Extraterritoriality is virtually unlimited in the case of an 
>> embassy; it is more limited in the case of a consulate but still exists.  
>> Thus office=government, government=[diplomatic, consular}, 
>> diplomatic=[embassy, high_commission, nunciature, legation, 
>> interests_section, branch_embassy, liaison_office] might be what we are 
>> looking for.
>> 
>>> On 10/25/2018 2:24 PM, Colin Smale wrote:
>>>> On 2018-10-25 06:42, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 11:41, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Err no.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The 'government' is not 'foreign' but of federal/state/local jurisdiction 
>>>>> to that place.
>>>>> 
>>>>> landuse=diplomatic???  
>>>>  
>>>> Yes, but that patch of ground is owned by the "Australian" govt - it's 
>>>> just that it's located in the US or where-ever! 
>>>>  
>>> For the avoidance of doubt, it is owned by the "Australian govt" in the 
>>> same sense that I own my house (but it may also be rented or leased). It is 
>>> not outside of the host country's jurisdiction, if that's what you were 
>>> implying by "owned".
>>>  
>>> 
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