Thing > Intangible > StructuredValue > ContactPoint > PostalAddress

The mailing address.
PropertyExpected TypeDescription
Properties from Thing
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.
description Text A short description of the item.
image URL URL of an image of the item.
name Text The name of the item.
url URL URL of the item.
Properties from ContactPoint
contactType Text A person or organization can have different contact points, for different purposes. For example, a sales contact point, a PR contact point and so on. This property is used to specify the kind of contact point.
email Text Email address.
faxNumber Text The fax number.
telephone Text The telephone number.
Properties from PostalAddress
addressCountry Country The country. For example, USA. You can also provide the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
addressLocality Text The locality. For example, Mountain View.
addressRegion Text The region. For example, CA.
postalCode Text The postal code. For example, 94043.
postOfficeBoxNumber Text The post offce box number for PO box addresses.
streetAddress Text The street address. For example, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy.
Schema Draft Version 1.0a

Example 1

Original HTML:

Jane Doe
<img src="janedoe.jpg" />

Professor
20341 Whitworth Institute
405 Whitworth
Seattle WA 98052
(425) 123-4567
<a href="mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu">jane-doe@illinois.edu</a>

Jane's home page:
<a href="http://www.janedoe.com">janedoe.com</a>

Graduate students:
<a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html">Alice Jones</a>
<a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html">Bob Smith</a>


With Microdata:
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
  <span itemprop="name">Jane Doe</span>
  <img src="janedoe.jpg" itemprop="image" />

  <span itemprop="jobTitle">Professor</span>
  <div itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress">
    <span itemprop="streetAddress">
      20341 Whitworth Institute
      405 N. Whitworth
    </span>
    <span itemprop="addressLocality">Seattle</span>,
    <span itemprop="addressRegion">WA</span>
    <span itemprop="postalCode">98052</span>
  </div>
  <span itemprop="telephone">(425) 123-4567</span>
  <a href="mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu" itemprop="email">
    jane-doe@xyz.edu</a>

  Jane's home page:
  <a href="http://www.janedoe.com" itemprop="url">janedoe.com</a>

  Graduate students:
  <a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html" itemprop="colleague">
    Alice Jones</a>
  <a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html" itemprop="colleague">
    Bob Smith</a>
</div>

Example 2

Original HTML:

Google Inc.
P.O. Box 1234
Mountain View, CA
94043
United States


With Microdata:
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress">
 <span itemprop="name">Google Inc.</span>
 P.O. Box<span itemprop="postOfficeBoxNumber">1234</span>
 <span itemprop="addressLocality">Mountain View</span>,
 <span itemprop="addressRegion">CA</span>
 <span itemprop="postalCode">94043</span>
 <span itemprop="addressCountry">United States</span>
</div>