SCHEMA-ORG-GOVERNMENT

Schema.org vocabulary for open gov.

Definition

Types: GovernmentOrganization (ministry, town hall), GovernmentService (administrative procedure), GovernmentBuilding (public building), Audience.GovernmentBenefitsType. Used in JSON-LD on institutional pages to structure for Google, Bing and knowledge graphs. Updated semi-annually by Schema.org W3C-led.

Origin

Schema.org launched June 2011 by Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex ; Government subtypes progressive since 2012.

Example in context

Service-Public.fr tags each procedure page with GovernmentService JSON-LD ; Google directly displays details in knowledge panel.

Related terms

• Open Gov Data — public data.