Re: Third sector services extension?

A few years ago, we added http://schema.org/GovernmentService. We hoped to
eventually cover NGO's as well, but the original schema never got much
traction, so it fell by the wayside.

- Vicki

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Jen Williams <jen@networkedplanet.com>
wrote:

> 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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