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<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Documentation - schema.org</title> <!-- Static Doc Insert Head --> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <meta name="description" content="Schema.org is a set of extensible schemas that enables webmasters to embed structured data on their web pages for use by search engines and other applications." /> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="/docs/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/schemaorg.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/devnote.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/prettify.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/devnote.css" /> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/docs/schemaorg.js"></script> <!-- Static Doc Insert Head end --> </head> <body> <!-- Static Doc Insert PageHead --> <div class="devnote"><b>Note</b>: You are viewing the development version of <a href="https://schema.org">Schema.org</a>. 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Schema.org issues are tracked <a href="http://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues">on GitHub</a> and coordinated via the <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/schemaorg">group</a>. </p> <p> Earlier discussions can be found in W3C's <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-vocabs/">public-vocabs</a> group. There was also a <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/schemaorg-discussion">google group</a> used during 2011. </p> <p> Prior to 2014, the <a href="http://www.w3.org/wiki/WebSchemas">W3C Web Schemas group</a> hosted a collection of <a href="http://www.w3.org/wiki/WebSchemas/SchemaDotOrgProposals">proposals</a> for additions and improvements to schema.org. </p> </li> <li> <h4><a href="http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=003736913799082383568:c44bi0_xxek">Search</a></h4> A <a href="http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=003736913799082383568:c44bi0_xxek">custom search</a> across all these discussions and sites is also available. <li> <h4><a href="feedback.html">General feedback form</a></h4> Please give us feedback, report bugs, etc. For technical feedback, <a href="https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues">GitHub</a> is preferred. </li> </ul> </section> </article> </div> <!-- Static Doc Insert Footer --> <div id="footer"> <p><a href="/docs/terms.html">Terms and conditions</a></p> <div id="versioninfo"> <span class="sep">•</span> Schema.org <span class="sep">•</span> V28.1 <span class="sep">|</span> 2024-11-22 </div> </div> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-52672119-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <!-- Static Doc Insert Footer end --> </body> </html>