HTML5 microformat for venue: Place vs. Organization?

[Jesse]

Just wondering about the choice to use itemtype=”http://schema.org/Place” rather than itemtype=”http://schema.org/Organization” … are they used for different purposes, or does one have an advantage over the other in certain situations?

thanks!

[Rob]

Not sure about this one myself, Jesse, but let me see what Jonah has to say when he hits the forum today. Stay tuned.

[Jonah]

Hi Jesse,

If you look at: http://schema.org/Organization it states it as being for “An organization such as a school, NGO, corporation, club, etc.” vs. http://schema.org/Place – “Entities that have a somewhat fixed, physical extension.” – it sounds like Organization is for an actual group not a “place”.

Does that make sense?

No idea what impact this has or advantages/disadvantages…

[Jesse]

Thanks Jonah! Makes sense… i was just confused having discovered the microdata attributes for the first time when digging through the core files. Kudos on the great feature.

[Jonah]

You’re welcome Jesse! Yes it is a nice feature to have and thanks for bringing up the question. That’s what this forum community is all about, asking questions and working to improve the plugin to improve people’s business and organization. So thanks for your contribution and keep it coming!

Cheers,
Jonah

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