Organization

Data type: Party

Organization represents a group of people identified by shared interests or purpose. Examples include business, department and enterprise. Because of the complex nature of many businesses, both organizations and organization units are represented by the same data.

Name	Type	Description	Example
@type (1)	string	When sub-classing, this defines the sub-class Extensible name
@baseType	string	When sub-classing, this defines the super-class
@schemaLocation	string	A URI to a JSON-Schema file that defines additional attributes and relationships
id	string	Unique identifier	2d7ed5fd-9f62-4211-bc84-357f5f7b80f5
href	URI	Hyperlink reference	https://api.example.org/resource/id
contactMedium	ContactMedium [n..m]	List of means for contacting the party, e.g. mobile phone, email address	[]
externalReference	ExternalIdentifier [n..m]	List of identifiers of the Party in an external system, for example when party information is imported from a commerce system	[]
businessId	string	A business relevant identifier when different from the technical identifier documented with the .id property	1234
partyCharacteristic	Characteristic [n..m]	List of additional characteristics that a Party can take on.	[]
name	string	Organization name (department name for example)	Acme Corp.