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'). |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$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
}