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For a [NewsMediaOrganization](https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization) or other news-related [Organization](https://schema.org/Organization), a statement about public engagement activities (for news media, the newsroom’s), including involving the public - digitally or otherwise -- in coverage decisions, reporting and activities after publication.
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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. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org [style guide](https://schema.org/docs/styleguide.html).
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For an [Organization](https://schema.org/Organization) (e.g. [NewsMediaOrganization](https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization)), a statement describing (in news media, the newsroom’s) disclosure and correction policy for errors.
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A relationship between an organization and a department of that organization, also described as an organization (allowing different urls, logos, opening hours). For example: a store with a pharmacy, or a bakery with a cafe.
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A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
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Statement on diversity policy by an [Organization](https://schema.org/Organization) e.g. a [NewsMediaOrganization](https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization). For a [NewsMediaOrganization](https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization), a statement describing the newsroom’s diversity policy on both staffing and sources, typically providing staffing data.
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For an [Organization](https://schema.org/Organization) (often but not necessarily a [NewsMediaOrganization](https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization)), a report on staffing diversity issues. In a news context this might be for example ASNE or RTDNA (US) reports, or self-reported.
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Statement about ethics policy, e.g. of a [NewsMediaOrganization](https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization) regarding journalistic and publishing practices, or of a [Restaurant](https://schema.org/Restaurant), a page describing food source policies. In the case of a [NewsMediaOrganization](https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization), an ethicsPolicy is typically a statement describing the personal, organizational, and corporate standards of behavior expected by the organization.
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The [Global Location Number](http://www.gs1.org/gln) (GLN, sometimes also referred to as International Location Number or ILN) of the respective organization, person, or place. The GLN is a 13-digit number used to identify parties and physical locations.
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The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [Thing](https://schema.org/Thing), such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See [background notes](https://schema.org/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg) for more details.
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Of a [Person](https://schema.org/Person), and less typically of an [Organization](https://schema.org/Organization), to indicate a topic that is known about - suggesting possible expertise but not implying it. We do not distinguish skill levels here, or relate this to educational content, events, objectives or [JobPosting](https://schema.org/JobPosting) descriptions.
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Of a [Person](https://schema.org/Person), and less typically of an [Organization](https://schema.org/Organization), to indicate a known language. We do not distinguish skill levels or reading/writing/speaking/signing here. Use language codes from the [IETF BCP 47 standard](http://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47).
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Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See [background notes](https://schema.org/docs/datamodel.html#mainEntityBackground) for details.
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For an [Organization](https://schema.org/Organization) (often but not necessarily a [NewsMediaOrganization](https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization)), a description of organizational ownership structure; funding and grants. In a news/media setting, this is with particular reference to editorial independence. Note that the [funder](https://schema.org/funder) is also available and can be used to make basic funder information machine-readable.
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The publishingPrinciples property indicates (typically via [URL](https://schema.org/URL)) a document describing the editorial principles of an [Organization](https://schema.org/Organization) (or individual, e.g. a [Person](https://schema.org/Person) writing a blog) that relate to their activities as a publisher, e.g. ethics or diversity policies. When applied to a [CreativeWork](https://schema.org/CreativeWork) (e.g. [NewsArticle](https://schema.org/NewsArticle)) the principles are those of the party primarily responsible for the creation of the [CreativeWork](https://schema.org/CreativeWork). While such policies are most typically expressed in natural language, sometimes related information (e.g. indicating a [funder](https://schema.org/funder)) can be expressed using schema.org terminology.
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For an [Organization](https://schema.org/Organization) (typically a [NewsMediaOrganization](https://schema.org/NewsMediaOrganization)), a statement about policy on use of unnamed sources and the decision process required.