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# Documentation

Here is some of the documentation available on this site:

## Site Info

- Getting Started: A simple introduction to microdata and using schema.org for marking up your site.
- About Schema.org: Learn more about the project.
- ... and how we work.
- Releases: Full history of recent releases.

## Schema Info

- Schemas: The actual schemas, arranged in a hierarchy, with a page for each item in the schema.
- The full type hierarchy: The full type hierarchy, in a single file.
- Frequently asked questions
- Data model: a brief note on the data model used, etc.
- Style Guide: naming conventions and related patterns for schema authoring.
- Developers: developer-oriented information about schema.org
- Vocabulary definition download: download definition files for core vocabulary and extensions.
- Extension Mechanism: The extension mechanism that can be used to extend the schemas.
- Schema.org COVID-19 response: US CDC Data Table fields
- Overview of dataset-related vocabulary.
- External Enumerations (blog post): How to use external controlled lists to add detail.

## Extensions

- Health and medical types: notes on the health and medical types under MedicalEntity.
- Hotels: Background information and examples on the types and properties for marking up hotels and other accommodations using e.g. Hotel and HotelRoom.
- Autos: background information on marking up automobiles.
- Banks and Financial Institutions: Background information and examples on the types and properties for marking up banks and their products e.g. MortgageLoan and ExchangeRateSpecification.

## Additional Resources

- Schema.org Blog

Since April 2015, the W3C Schema.org Community Group is the main forum for schema collaboration, and provides the public-schemaorg@w3.org mailing list for discussions. Schema.org issues are tracked on GitHub.

Earlier discussions can be found in W3C's public-vocabs group. There was also a google group used during 2011.

- Community discussions: the W3C Web Schemas group hosted a collection of proposals for additions and improvements to schema.org. Since 2014 detailed discussions have been managed through github, and coordinated via the W3C Schema.org Community Group.
- A custom search across all these discussions and sites is also available.
- General feedback form: Please give us feedback, report bugs, etc. For technical feedback, GitHub is preferred.