Public Sector · Schema

PublicSectorAgency

A government agency / bureau / commission / program at federal, state, county, or municipal level. Aligns with schema.org/GovernmentOrganization and with the Open Civic Data jurisdiction model. Identifiers favour stable URIs published by the agency itself (api.data.gov gateway URL, agency homepage, OCD-ID for political geography) over locally minted IDs.

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Properties

Name Type Description
id string Stable identifier for the agency. Prefer an Open Civic Data Division Identifier (ocd-division/country:us/state:ca) for elected/jurisdictional bodies; otherwise the agency's canonical homepage URL or i
name string Official name of the agency (e.g. 'General Services Administration', 'Federal Election Commission', 'City of Chicago Department of Innovation and Technology').
shortName string Official abbreviation (e.g. 'GSA', 'FEC', 'USDA', 'NASA').
alternateNames array Other commonly used names or historical names.
level string Government level. 'federal' = U.S. national; 'state' = U.S. state or D.C.; 'tribal' = federally recognized tribal government; 'special-district' = single-purpose government (school, water, transit).
country string ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. 'US').
jurisdiction object The political geography this agency governs. Uses Open Civic Data Division Identifiers where applicable.
parentAgency string ID or URL of the parent agency (e.g. Internal Revenue Service -> Department of the Treasury).
mission string Statutory mission statement or one-paragraph description.
url string Official agency homepage.
developerPortalUrl string Developer / API portal URL if one exists.
dataPortalUrl string Open-data portal URL (data.gov organization page, Socrata domain, CKAN catalog).
foiaUrl string Freedom of Information Act / FOIA request portal.
apis array Public-facing programmatic surfaces the agency exposes.
githubOrg string Official GitHub organization (e.g. https://github.com/GSA, https://github.com/usnationalarchives).
statutoryAuthority array Statutes establishing the agency or its data-publication obligation (e.g. 'Open Government Data Act of 2018', 'DATA Act of 2014', 'Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018').
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JSON Schema

public-sector-agency-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.github.io/public-sector/json-schema/public-sector-agency-schema.json",
  "title": "PublicSectorAgency",
  "description": "A government agency / bureau / commission / program at federal, state, county, or municipal level. Aligns with schema.org/GovernmentOrganization and with the Open Civic Data jurisdiction model. Identifiers favour stable URIs published by the agency itself (api.data.gov gateway URL, agency homepage, OCD-ID for political geography) over locally minted IDs.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id", "name", "level", "country"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri-reference",
      "description": "Stable identifier for the agency. Prefer an Open Civic Data Division Identifier (ocd-division/country:us/state:ca) for elected/jurisdictional bodies; otherwise the agency's canonical homepage URL or its api.data.gov gateway URL."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Official name of the agency (e.g. 'General Services Administration', 'Federal Election Commission', 'City of Chicago Department of Innovation and Technology')."
    },
    "shortName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Official abbreviation (e.g. 'GSA', 'FEC', 'USDA', 'NASA')."
    },
    "alternateNames": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "description": "Other commonly used names or historical names."
    },
    "level": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["federal", "state", "territorial", "tribal", "county", "municipal", "special-district", "international"],
      "description": "Government level. 'federal' = U.S. national; 'state' = U.S. state or D.C.; 'tribal' = federally recognized tribal government; 'special-district' = single-purpose government (school, water, transit)."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Z]{2}$",
      "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. 'US')."
    },
    "jurisdiction": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The political geography this agency governs. Uses Open Civic Data Division Identifiers where applicable.",
      "properties": {
        "ocdId": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Open Civic Data Division Identifier (e.g. 'ocd-division/country:us/state:tx/place:austin')."
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Human-readable jurisdiction name."
        },
        "state": {
          "type": "string",
          "pattern": "^[A-Z]{2}$",
          "description": "USPS two-letter state code for U.S. agencies."
        }
      }
    },
    "parentAgency": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri-reference",
      "description": "ID or URL of the parent agency (e.g. Internal Revenue Service -> Department of the Treasury)."
    },
    "mission": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Statutory mission statement or one-paragraph description."
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Official agency homepage."
    },
    "developerPortalUrl": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Developer / API portal URL if one exists."
    },
    "dataPortalUrl": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Open-data portal URL (data.gov organization page, Socrata domain, CKAN catalog)."
    },
    "foiaUrl": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Freedom of Information Act / FOIA request portal."
    },
    "apis": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Public-facing programmatic surfaces the agency exposes.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": ["name", "url"],
        "properties": {
          "name": { "type": "string" },
          "url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": ["REST", "SOAP", "GraphQL", "SODA", "CKAN", "RSS", "WMS", "WFS", "OGCAPI", "BulkData", "JSON-LD", "OData", "gRPC", "WebSocket"]
          },
          "authMethod": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": ["none", "api-key", "api.data.gov", "OAuth2", "Basic", "MutualTLS", "User-Agent"]
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "githubOrg": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Official GitHub organization (e.g. https://github.com/GSA, https://github.com/usnationalarchives)."
    },
    "statutoryAuthority": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "description": "Statutes establishing the agency or its data-publication obligation (e.g. 'Open Government Data Act of 2018', 'DATA Act of 2014', 'Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018')."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}