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§ 2.4 Organization, Group, and Initiative Schema
NISTIR 8278, SWID documentation, and the UCF all have schema identifiers for content contributors as organizations. However, in further research, we have found that there is a slight difference between organizations, groups, and initiatives that have all created content. Here are the working definitions we are using to differentiate between them on this standard:
- Organization: A legal entity with both a headquarters and online domain with a particular purpose, especially a business, society, association, etc.
- Group: A formalized collection of people acting in accord with each other without forming a legal entity in and of itself. A Group can be a stand-alone group, or it can be a part of an Organization.
- Initiative: A formalized collection of people acting in accord with each other without forming a legal entity in and of itself brought together for a specific purpose and a limited timeframe. An Initiative is always a a part of an Organization or a part of a Group.
As such, the standard is designed to allow the same structure for all three described above.
The defining characteristics of an organization, group, or initiative are shown below. Some of this information will be automatically verified and updated through a collaboration with Clearbit.
Property | Expected Type | Description | Clearbit |
AdditionalDomains | Thing | Additional domain names used by an Organization. | Yes |
CoreMetaData | Thing | Metadata documenting the ID and core information about a JSON Thing. | |
description | Text | This describes a Thing or Property. | Yes |
domain | String | Legally registered internet domain name of Organization. | |
email | Email or Null | Electronic Mail address. | |
EmailAddresses | Thing | A collection of EmailAddress. | |
founded | Integer or Null | The year an Organization was founded. | Yes |
id | Integer | A unique and persistent identifier for the record. | |
Locations | Thing | A collection of addresses. | Yes |
legal_name | String | The name of the item. | Yes |
NonStandardNames | Thing | Additional legal names used by an item. | |
organization_type | Integer | This differentiates between a 1 - Organization, 2- Group, 3- Initiative. | |
OrganizationCategory | Thing | The category an Organization belongs to which includes additional characteristics. | Yes |
parent_id | Integer | ID of the associated parent for this record. | Yes |
phone_number | TelephoneNumber | The main phone number registered to an Organization. | |
PhoneNumbers | Thing | A collection of phone numbers. | Yes |
PostalAddress | Thing or Null | The address to which physical mail and packages are delivered. | Yes |
SocialAddresses | Thing or Null | The various Internet locations that help disambiguate a person, such as their FaceBook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter Address. | Yes |
Additional domain names used by an organization, group, or initiative.
Property | Expected Type | Description |
id | Integer | A unique and persistent identifier for the record. |
domain | String | Legally registered internet domain name of Organization |
organization_fk | Integer | Organization foreign key |
A collection of email addresses.
Property | Expected Type | Description |
email | Email or Null | Electronic Mail address. |
id | Integer | A unique and persistent identifier for the record. |
organization_fk | Integer | Organization foreign key |
A collection of addresses.
Property | Expected Type | Description |
address1 | String | The first part of a postal address such as the building number and street name |
address2 | String or Null | The second part of a postal address, usually denoting a suite. |
city | String | The city the address is located in. |
state | String | The state/province for the address. |
postal_code | String | The postal/zip code for the address. |
country | String | The country the address is located in. |
id | Integer | A unique and persistent identifier for the record. |
country_code | String | This is a geographical code that represent countries. |
organization_fk | Integer | Organization foreign key |
The category an Organization belongs to which includes additional characteristics.
Property | Expected Type | Description |
industry | String or Null | This is the industry an Organization belongs to. |
industry_group | String or Null | A group of Organization industries. |
naics_code | Integer or Null | This is the North American Industry Classification System code assigned to an Organization. |
sector | String or Null | A distinct area an Organization operates in. |
sic_code | Integer or Null | This is the Standard Industrial Classification code assigned to an Organization. |
sub_industry | String or Null | A subset of Organization industries. |
Tags | Thing | These are keywords that describes an item. |
unspsc_code | Integer or Null | The United Nations Standard Products and Services code of an Organization. |
A collection of phone numbers.
Property | Expected Type | Description |
id | Integer | A unique and persistent identifier for the record. |
organization_fk | Integer | Organization foreign key. |
phone_number | TelephoneNumber | The main phone number registered to an Organization. |
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