Re: Service and LocalBusiness

On 9/2/15 12:49 PM, Martin Hepp wrote:

> On 02 Sep 2015, at 22:27, Brian Tremblay wrote:
>>
>> We have many subclasses of LocalBusiness (FinancialService,
>> InternetCafe, TravelAgency, DryCleaningOrLaundry, etc.). I could
>> imagine many more (TargetPractice, WindowInsulation,
>> BeerTapCleaning, etc.).
>>
>> perhaps we can add a property called "service" to
>> LocalBusiness (or perhaps Organization), and have its expected
>> type to be Service. Then a beer tap cleaning business would not
>> need its own subclass of LocalBusiness; it would just mark up the
>> service it offers using the Service schema.
>
> Attach a generic schema:Offer to the schema:LocalBusiness that
> describes the set of products or services
>
> <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/LocalBusiness">
>   <div itemprop="makesOffer" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">
>     <div itemprop="name">Internet café</div>
>     <div itemprop="description">We have free Wifi and 20 Internet terminals</div>
>   </div>
>   <!-- other schema.org properties go in here -->
> </div>

Offer does not have a serviceArea property, which is useful for many 
businesses, particularly businesses that provide services not at an 
office but in an area (e.g., auto towing service; home appliance repair, 
which is what I'm working on at the moment; house painters; etc.).

-- 
Brian Tremblay

Received on Monday, 14 September 2015 18:06:46 UTC