Thing > Organization

An organization such as a school, NGO, corporation, club, etc.

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from Thing
additionalType	URL	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
description	Text	A short description of the item.
image	URL	URL of an image of the item.
name	Text	The name of the item.
url	URL	URL of the item.
Properties from Organization
address	PostalAddress	Physical address of the item.
aggregateRating	AggregateRating	The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
brand	Brand or Organization	The brand(s) associated with a product or service, or the brand(s) maintained by an organization or business person.
contactPoint	ContactPoint	A contact point for a person or organization.
contactPoints	ContactPoint	A contact point for a person or organization (legacy spelling; see singular form, contactPoint).
duns	Text	The Dun & Bradstreet DUNS number for identifying an organization or business person.
email	Text	Email address.
employee	Person	Someone working for this organization.
employees	Person	People working for this organization. (legacy spelling; see singular form, employee)
event	Event	Upcoming or past event associated with this place or organization.
events	Event	Upcoming or past events associated with this place or organization (legacy spelling; see singular form, event).
faxNumber	Text	The fax number.
founder	Person	A person who founded this organization.
founders	Person	A person who founded this organization (legacy spelling; see singular form, founder).
foundingDate	Date	The date that this organization was founded.
globalLocationNumber	Text	The Global Location Number (GLN, sometimes also referred to as International Location Number or ILN) of the respective organization, person, or place. The GLN is a 13-digit number used to identify parties and physical locations.
hasPOS	Place	Points-of-Sales operated by the organization or person.
interactionCount	Text	A count of a specific user interactions with this item—for example, 20 UserLikes, 5 UserComments, or 300 UserDownloads. The user interaction type should be one of the sub types of UserInteraction.
isicV4	Text	The International Standard of Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 code for a particular organization, business person, or place.
legalName	Text	The official name of the organization, e.g. the registered company name.
location	Place or PostalAddress	The location of the event or organization.
logo	ImageObject or URL	URL of an image for the logo of the item.
makesOffer	Offer	A pointer to products or services offered by the organization or person.
member	Organization or Person	A member of this organization.
members	Organization or Person	A member of this organization (legacy spelling; see singular form, member).
naics	Text	The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for a particular organization or business person.
owns	OwnershipInfo or Product	Products owned by the organization or person.
review	Review	A review of the item.
reviews	Review	Review of the item (legacy spelling; see singular form, review).
seeks	Demand	A pointer to products or services sought by the organization or person (demand).
taxID	Text	The Tax / Fiscal ID of the organization or person, e.g. the TIN in the US or the CIF/NIF in Spain.
telephone	Text	The telephone number.
vatID	Text	The Value-added Tax ID of the organisation or person.

More specific types

• Corporation
• EducationalOrganization
• GovernmentOrganization
• LocalBusiness
• NGO
• PerformingGroup
• SportsTeam

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Example 1

Original HTML:

Google.Org

Contact Details:
Main address: 38 avenue de l'Opera, F-75002 Paris, France
 Tel: ( 33 1) 42 68 53 00, Fax: ( 33 1) 42 68 53 01
E-mail: secretariat (at) google.org
URL: <a href="http://www.google.org">www.google.org</a>

Members:
- National Scientific Members in 100 countries and territories: Country1, Country2, ...
- Scientific Union Members, 30 organizations listed in this Yearbook: Member 1, Member 2

History:

With Microdata:

<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
  <span itemprop="name">Google.org (GOOG)</span>

Contact Details:
  <div itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress">
    Main address:
      <span itemprop="streetAddress">38 avenue de l'Opera</span>
      <span itemprop="postalCode">F-75002</span>
      <span itemprop="addressLocality">Paris, France</span>
    ,
  </div>
    Tel:<span itemprop="telephone">( 33 1) 42 68 53 00 </span>,
    Fax:<span itemprop="faxNumber">( 33 1) 42 68 53 01 </span>,
    E-mail: <span itemprop="email">secretariat(at)google.org</span>

Members:
- National Scientific Members in 100 countries and territories: Country1, Country2, ...
- Scientific Union Members, 30 organizations listed in this Yearbook:
  <span itemprop="member" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
    Member1
  </span>,
  <span itemprop="member" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
    Member2
  </span>,

History:
</div>

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