Professional Service

Original definition: "provider of professional services."\n\nThe general ProfessionalService type for local businesses was deprecated due to confusion with Service. For reference, the types that it included were: Dentist,

<a href="/vocabulary/AccountingService" class="text-brand-9">AccountingService</a>, <a href="/vocabulary/Attorney" class="text-brand-9">Attorney</a>, <a href="/vocabulary/Notary" class="text-brand-9">Notary</a>, as well as types for several kinds of <a href="/vocabulary/HomeAndConstructionBusiness" class="text-brand-9">HomeAndConstructionBusiness</a>: <a href="/vocabulary/Electrician" class="text-brand-9">Electrician</a>, <a href="/vocabulary/GeneralContractor" class="text-brand-9">GeneralContractor</a>,
<a href="/vocabulary/HousePainter" class="text-brand-9">HousePainter</a>, <a href="/vocabulary/Locksmith" class="text-brand-9">Locksmith</a>, <a href="/vocabulary/Plumber" class="text-brand-9">Plumber</a>, <a href="/vocabulary/RoofingContractor" class="text-brand-9">RoofingContractor</a>. <a href="/vocabulary/LegalService" class="text-brand-9">LegalService</a> was introduced as a more inclusive supertype of <a href="/vocabulary/Attorney" class="text-brand-9">Attorney</a>.

Equivalent Classes: schema:ProfessionalService

Properties from LocalBusiness

Property	Expected Type	description
branchOf	Organization	The larger organization that this local business is a branch of, if any. Not to be confused with (anatomical) branch.
currenciesAccepted	Text	The currency accepted.\n\nUse standard formats: ISO 4217 currency format, e.g. "USD"; Ticker symbol for cryptocurrencies, e.g. "BTC"; well known names for Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS) and other currency types, e.g. "Ithaca HOUR".
openingHours	Text	The general opening hours for a business. Opening hours can be specified as a weekly time range, starting with days, then times per day. Multiple days can be listed with commas ',' separating each day. Day or time ranges are specified using a hyphen '-'.\n\n Days are specified using the following two-letter combinations: ```Mo```,` ``Tu```,` ``We```,` ``Th```,` ``Fr```,` ``Sa```,` ``Su```.\n* Times are specified using 24:00 format. For example, 3pm is specified as` ``15:00```, 10am as` ``10:00```. \n Here is an example: `<time itemprop="openingHours" datetime="Tu,Th 16:00-20:00">Tuesdays and Thursdays 4-8pm</time>`.\n If a business is open 7 days a week, then it can be specified as `<time itemprop="openingHours" datetime="Mo-Su">Monday through Sunday, all day</time>`.
paymentAccepted	Text	Cash, Credit Card, Cryptocurrency, Local Exchange Tradings System, etc.
priceRange	Text	The price range of the business, for example ```$$$```.

Properties from Organization

Property	Expected Type	description
actionableFeedbackPolicy	CreativeWork URL	For a NewsMediaOrganization or other news-related Organization, a statement about public engagement activities (for news media, the newsroom’s), including involving the public - digitally or otherwise -- in coverage decisions, reporting and activities after publication.
address	Text PostalAddress	Physical address of the item.
aggregateRating	AggregateRating	The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
alumni	Person	Alumni of an organization.
areaServed	Text Place GeoShape AdministrativeArea	The geographic area where a service or offered item is provided.
award	Text	An award won by or for this item.
awards	Text	Awards won by or for this item.
brand	Brand Organization	The brand(s) associated with a product or service, or the brand(s) maintained by an organization or business person.
businessStructure	BusinessStructure
contactPoint	ContactPoint	A contact point for a person or organization.
contactPoints	ContactPoint	A contact point for a person or organization.
correctionsPolicy	URL CreativeWork	For an Organization (e.g. NewsMediaOrganization), a statement describing (in news media, the newsroom’s) disclosure and correction policy for errors.
department	Organization	A relationship between an organization and a department of that organization, also described as an organization (allowing different urls, logos, opening hours). For example: a store with a pharmacy, or a bakery with a cafe.
dissolutionDate	Date	The date that this organization was dissolved.
diversityPolicy	URL CreativeWork	Statement on diversity policy by an Organization e.g. a NewsMediaOrganization. For a NewsMediaOrganization, a statement describing the newsroom’s diversity policy on both staffing and sources, typically providing staffing data.
diversityStaffingReport	Article URL	For an Organization (often but not necessarily a NewsMediaOrganization), a report on staffing diversity issues. In a news context this might be for example ASNE or RTDNA (US) reports, or self-reported.
duns	Text	The Dun & Bradstreet DUNS number for identifying an organization or business person.
email	Text	Email address.
employee	Person	Someone working for this organization.
employees	Person	People working for this organization.
ethicsPolicy	CreativeWork URL	Statement about ethics policy, e.g. of a NewsMediaOrganization regarding journalistic and publishing practices, or of a Restaurant, a page describing food source policies. In the case of a NewsMediaOrganization, an ethicsPolicy is typically a statement describing the personal, organizational, and corporate standards of behavior expected by the organization.
event	Event	Upcoming or past event associated with this place, organization, or action.
events	Event	Upcoming or past events associated with this place or organization.
faxNumber	Text	A string representing a fax number.
founder	Person	A person who founded this organization.
founders	Person	A person who founded this organization.
foundingDate	Date	The date that this organization was founded.
foundingLocation	Place	The place where the Organization was founded.
funder	Organization Person	A person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution.
funding	Grant	A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo.
globalLocationNumber	Text	The Global Location Number (GLN, sometimes also referred to as International Location Number or ILN) of the respective organization, person, or place. The GLN is a 13-digit number used to identify parties and physical locations.
hasCredential	EducationalOccupationalCredential	A credential awarded to the Person or Organization.
hasMerchantReturnPolicy	MerchantReturnPolicy	Specifies a MerchantReturnPolicy that may be applicable.
hasOfferCatalog	OfferCatalog	Indicates an OfferCatalog listing for this Organization, Person, or Service.
hasPOS	Place	Points-of-Sales operated by the organization or person.
interactionStatistic	InteractionCounter	The number of interactions for the CreativeWork using the WebSite or SoftwareApplication. The most specific child type of InteractionCounter should be used.
isicV4	Text	International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4) code identifying either an entity’s activity or an industry category (section, division, group, or class).
iso6523Code	Text	An organization identifier as defined in ISO 6523(-1). Note that many existing organization identifiers such as leiCode, duns and vatID can be expressed as an ISO 6523 identifier by setting the ICD part of the ISO 6523 identifier accordingly.
keywords	URL DefinedTerm Text	Keywords or tags used to describe some item. Multiple textual entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas, or by repeating the property.
knowsAbout	Thing Text URL	Of a Person, and less typically of an Organization, to indicate a topic that is known about - suggesting possible expertise but not implying it. We do not distinguish skill levels here, or relate this to educational content, events, objectives or JobPosting descriptions.
knowsLanguage	Text Language	Of a Person, and less typically of an Organization, to indicate a known language. We do not distinguish skill levels or reading/writing/speaking/signing here. Use language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard.
legalName	Text	The official name of the organization, e.g. the registered company name.
leiCode	Text	An organization identifier that uniquely identifies a legal entity as defined in ISO 17442.
location	Place Text VirtualLocation PostalAddress	The location of, for example, where an event is happening, where an organization is located, or where an action takes place.
logo	ImageObject URL	An associated logo.
makesOffer	Offer	A pointer to products or services offered by the organization or person.
member	Organization Person	A member of an Organization or a ProgramMembership. Organizations can be members of organizations; ProgramMembership is typically for individuals.
memberOf	Organization ProgramMembership	An Organization (or ProgramMembership) to which this Person or Organization belongs.
members	Organization Person	A member of this organization.
naics	Text	North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identifying either an entity’s classified activity or an industry category (sector, subsector, industry group, industry, or national industry).
nonprofitStatus	NonprofitType	nonprofitStatus indicates the legal status of a non-profit organization in its primary place of business.
numberOfEmployees	QuantitativeValue Text	The number of employees in an organization, e.g. business.
organizerType	OrganizerType
ownershipFundingInfo	AboutPage Text CreativeWork URL	For an Organization (often but not necessarily a NewsMediaOrganization), a description of organizational ownership structure; funding and grants. In a news/media setting, this is with particular reference to editorial independence. Note that the funder is also available and can be used to make basic funder information machine-readable.
owns	Product OwnershipInfo	Products owned by the organization or person.
parentOrganization	Organization	The larger organization that this organization is a subOrganization of, if any.
publishingPrinciples	CreativeWork URL	The publishingPrinciples property indicates (typically via URL) a document describing the editorial principles of an Organization (or individual, e.g. a Person writing a blog) that relate to their activities as a publisher, e.g. ethics or diversity policies. When applied to a CreativeWork (e.g. NewsArticle) the principles are those of the party primarily responsible for the creation of the CreativeWork. While such policies are most typically expressed in natural language, sometimes related information (e.g. indicating a funder) can be expressed using schema.org terminology.
review	Review	A review of the item.
reviews	Review	Review of the item.
seeks	Demand	A pointer to products or services sought by the organization or person (demand).
serviceArea	AdministrativeArea Place GeoShape	The geographic area where the service is provided.
slogan	Text	A slogan or motto associated with the item.
sponsor	Organization Person	A person or organization that supports a thing through a pledge, promise, or financial contribution. E.g. a sponsor of a Medical Study or a corporate sponsor of an event.
subOrganization	Organization	A relationship between two organizations where the first includes the second, e.g., as a subsidiary. See also: the more specific 'department' property.
taxID	Text	The Tax / Fiscal ID of the organization or person, e.g. the TIN in the US or the CIF/NIF in Spain.
telephone	Text	The telephone number. Including the international dialing prefix.
unnamedSourcesPolicy	CreativeWork URL	For an Organization (typically a NewsMediaOrganization), a statement about policy on use of unnamed sources and the decision process required.
vatID	Text	The Value-added Tax ID of the organization or person.

Properties from Place

Property	Expected Type	description
additionalProperty	PropertyValue	A property-value pair representing an additional characteristic of the entity, e.g. a product feature or another characteristic for which there is no matching property in schema.org.\n\nNote: Publishers should be aware that applications designed to use specific schema.org properties (e.g. https://schema.org/width, https://schema.org/color, https://schema.org/gtin13, ...) will typically expect such data to be provided using those properties, rather than using the generic property/value mechanism.
address	Text PostalAddress	Physical address of the item.
aggregateRating	AggregateRating	The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
amenityFeature	LocationFeatureSpecification	An amenity feature (e.g. a characteristic or service) of the Accommodation. This generic property does not make a statement about whether the feature is included in an offer for the main accommodation or available at extra costs.
branchCode	Text	A short textual code (also called "store code") that uniquely identifies a place of business. The code is typically assigned by the parentOrganization and used in structured URLs.\n\nFor example, in the URL http://www.starbucks.co.uk/store-locator/etc/detail/3047 the code "3047" is a branchCode for a particular branch.
containedIn	Place	The basic containment relation between a place and one that contains it.
containedInPlace	Place	The basic containment relation between a place and one that contains it.
containsPlace	Place	The basic containment relation between a place and another that it contains.
event	Event	Upcoming or past event associated with this place, organization, or action.
events	Event	Upcoming or past events associated with this place or organization.
faxNumber	Text	A string representing a fax number.
geo	GeoCoordinates GeoShape	The geo coordinates of the place.
geoContains	Place GeospatialGeometry	Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a containing geometry to a contained geometry. "a contains b iff no points of b lie in the exterior of a, and at least one point of the interior of b lies in the interior of a". As defined in DE-9IM.
geoCoveredBy	GeospatialGeometry Place	Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a geometry to another that covers it. As defined in DE-9IM.
geoCovers	GeospatialGeometry Place	Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a covering geometry to a covered geometry. "Every point of b is a point of (the interior or boundary of) a". As defined in DE-9IM.
geoCrosses	GeospatialGeometry Place	Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a geometry to another that crosses it: "a crosses b: they have some but not all interior points in common, and the dimension of the intersection is less than that of at least one of them". As defined in DE-9IM.
geoDisjoint	GeospatialGeometry Place	Represents spatial relations in which two geometries (or the places they represent) are topologically disjoint: "they have no point in common. They form a set of disconnected geometries." (A symmetric relationship, as defined in DE-9IM.)
geoEquals	GeospatialGeometry Place	Represents spatial relations in which two geometries (or the places they represent) are topologically equal, as defined in DE-9IM. "Two geometries are topologically equal if their interiors intersect and no part of the interior or boundary of one geometry intersects the exterior of the other" (a symmetric relationship).
geoIntersects	GeospatialGeometry Place	Represents spatial relations in which two geometries (or the places they represent) have at least one point in common. As defined in DE-9IM.
geoOverlaps	GeospatialGeometry Place	Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a geometry to another that geospatially overlaps it, i.e. they have some but not all points in common. As defined in DE-9IM.
geoTouches	GeospatialGeometry Place	Represents spatial relations in which two geometries (or the places they represent) touch: "they have at least one boundary point in common, but no interior points." (A symmetric relationship, as defined in DE-9IM.)
geoWithin	GeospatialGeometry Place	Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a geometry to one that contains it, i.e. it is inside (i.e. within) its interior. As defined in DE-9IM.
globalLocationNumber	Text	The Global Location Number (GLN, sometimes also referred to as International Location Number or ILN) of the respective organization, person, or place. The GLN is a 13-digit number used to identify parties and physical locations.
googleMapsUrl	URL	Contains the URL of the official Google page for this place. This will be the Google-owned page that contains the best available information about the place. Applications must link to or embed this page on any screen that shows detailed results about the place to the user.
googlePlaceId	Text	Contains the URL of the official Google page for this place. This will be the Google-owned page that contains the best available information about the place. Applications must link to or embed this page on any screen that shows detailed results about the place to the user.
googlePlaceTypes	Text	A list of types of the place.
hasDriveThroughService	Boolean	Indicates whether some facility (e.g. FoodEstablishment, CovidTestingFacility) offers a service that can be used by driving through in a car. In the case of CovidTestingFacility such facilities could potentially help with social distancing from other potentially-infected users.
hasMap	URL Map	A URL to a map of the place.
isAccessibleForFree	Boolean	A flag to signal that the item, event, or place is accessible for free.
isicV4	Text	International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4) code identifying either an entity’s activity or an industry category (section, division, group, or class).
keywords	URL DefinedTerm Text	Keywords or tags used to describe some item. Multiple textual entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas, or by repeating the property.
latitude	Number Text	The latitude of a location. For example ```37.42242``` (WGS 84).
logo	ImageObject URL	An associated logo.
longitude	Text Number	The longitude of a location. For example ```-122.08585``` (WGS 84).
map	URL	A URL to a map of the place.
maps	URL	A URL to a map of the place.
maximumAttendeeCapacity	Integer	The total number of individuals that may attend an event or venue.
openingHoursSpecification	OpeningHoursSpecification	The opening hours of a certain place.
photo	Photograph ImageObject	A photograph of this place.
photos	ImageObject Photograph	Photographs of this place.
publicAccess	Boolean	A flag to signal that the Place is open to public visitors. If this property is omitted there is no assumed default boolean value
review	Review	A review of the item.
reviews	Review	Review of the item.
slogan	Text	A slogan or motto associated with the item.
smokingAllowed	Boolean	Indicates whether it is allowed to smoke in the place, e.g. in the restaurant, hotel or hotel room.
specialOpeningHoursSpecification	OpeningHoursSpecification	The special opening hours of a certain place.\n\nUse this to explicitly override general opening hours brought in scope by openingHoursSpecification or openingHours.
telephone	Text	The telephone number. Including the international dialing prefix.
telephoneFormatted	Text	The local telephone number.
tourBookingPage	URL	A page providing information on how to book a tour of some Place, such as an Accommodation or ApartmentComplex in a real estate setting, as well as other kinds of tours as appropriate.

Properties from Provider

Property	Expected Type	description
activationSubmittedAt	DateTime	The time at which the activation form was submitted.
businessType	BusinessType
existingCustomers	Boolean	Indicates whether a provider has existing customers when applying for activation.
providerSubTypes	OrganizerType PersonType
providerType	ProviderType
statusChanges	StatusChange	Tracks the status changes of an account and the metadata associated with each change.

Properties from Account

Property	Expected Type	description
website	WebSite URL	.

Properties from Thing

Property	Expected Type	description
additionalType	URL	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
alternateName	Text	An alias for the item.
description	Text	A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription	Text	A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
identifier	PropertyValue URL Text	The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc.
image	URL ImageObject	An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
instanceOf	Enumeration	Type to which this subject belongs. Use for membership in a value set (Enumeration), not inheritance. Example: K2 instanceOf mountain; volcano subClassOf mountain.
mainEntityOfPage	URL CreativeWork	Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
name	Text	The name of the item.
potentialAction	Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs	URL	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf	Event CreativeWork	A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
url	URL	URL of the item.