Third sector services extension?

Hi schema.org community,

Recently at Barcamp Nonprofits (http://barcampnonprofits.com/) we had a
session on making services discoverable, which had grown out of previous
discussions from the unconference scene in the UK (Open Data Camp and VCSS
Camp). Obviously schema.org came up as part of that discussion.

What we'd like to know is whether anyone is spearheading the creation of a
schema.org extension for describing the services provided by third
(voluntary) sector organisations. If no one is, what's the best way to get
one started?

It sounds like this might overlap with some of the work done by the Open
Referral project over in the US (the Open Eligibility project certainly is
a great taxonomy to use as a starting point) and our first step of course
is to make sure that work isn't being duplicated while at the same time
providing terms and descriptions for NFP services that go beyond the human
services focused on in the Open Referral project (e.g. environmental and so
on).

Can anyone give more info on whether this has been or is being looked into
by schema.org? If so, what's the history and progress? We'd like to lend
our time and support to extending schema.org coverage of the voluntary
sector.

Many thanks,

Jen

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*Jen Williams*
*Networked Planet Ltd*
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