provider

Thing > Property > provider

The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as the seller.

Usage: Between 10,000 and 50,000 domains
Values expected to be one of these types
Organization
Person
Used on these types
CreativeWork
Invoice
ParcelDelivery
Reservation
Service
Trip
Supersedes
carrier
Examples

Example 1
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
<body>
<!-- A MOOC created by an Institution, offered through a MOOC platform, with named instructor -->
<!-- Based on https://www.coursera.org/course/datascitoolbox -->
<main>
  <h1>The Data Scientist's Toolbox</h1>
  <h2>
    Johns Hopkins University
  </h2>
  <h2>About this Course</h2>
  <div>
    <h2>Instructors</h2>
    <div>
      <a href="http://example.org/instructor/~315" >
        <p>Jeff Leek, PhD</p>
        <div>Associate Professor, Biostatistics</div>
        <div>Bloomberg School of Public Health </div>
      </a>
    </div>
  </div>
</main>
</body>

No Microdata

<body vocab="http://schema.org/">
<!-- A MOOC created by an Institution, offered through a MOOC platform, with named instructor -->
<!-- Based on https://www.coursera.org/course/datascitoolbox -->
<main typeof="Course">
  <h1 property="name">The Data Scientist's Toolbox</h1>
  <h2 property="provider" typeof="EducationalOrganization">
    <span property="name">Johns Hopkins University</span>
  </h2>
  <h2>About this Course</h2>
  <div rel="hasCourseInstance" typeof="CourseInstance">
    <meta property="courseMode" content="MOOC" />
    <meta property="courseMode" content="online" />
    <span rel="offers" typeOf="Offer">
      <meta property="price" content="0" />
      <meta property="offeredBy" content="Coursera">
    </span>
    <h2  >Instructors</h2>
    <div property="instructor" typeof="person">
      <a property="url" href="http://example.org/instructor/~315" >
        <p  property="name">Jeff Leek, PhD</p>
        <div property="jobTitle" >Associate Professor, Biostatistics</div>
        <div  property="worksFor" >Bloomberg School of Public Health </div>
      </a>
    </div>
  </div>
</main>
</body>

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org/",
  "@type": "schema:Course",
  "schema:hasCourseInstance": {
    "@type": "schema:CourseInstance",
    "schema:courseMode": [
      "MOOC",
      "online"
    ],
    "schema:instructor": {
      "@type": "schema:person",
      "schema:jobTitle": "Associate Professor, Biostatistics",
      "schema:name": "Jeff Leek, PhD",
      "schema:url": "instructor/~315",
      "schema:worksFor": "Bloomberg School of Public Health "
    },
    "schema:offers": {
      "@type": "schema:Offer",
      "schema:offeredBy": "Coursera",
      "schema:price": "0"
    }
  },
  "schema:name": "The Data Scientist's Toolbox",
  "schema:provider": {
    "@type": "schema:EducationalOrganization",
    "schema:name": "Johns Hopkins University"
  }
}
</script>
Example 2
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
<body>
<!--A Bachellor's programme provided by a University, referencing the course code-->
<!--based on http://search.ucas.com/course/summary/463149/physics -->
    <div>
        <h2>Physics</h2>
        <div>
            <a href="/provider/324/university-of-bristol">
                <span>University of Bristol</span>
            </a>
        </div>
        <div>
            Course code: F300
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

No Microdata

<body vocab="http://schema.org/">
<!--A Bachellor's programme provided by a University, referencing the course code-->
<!--based on http://search.ucas.com/course/summary/463149/physics -->
    <div typeof="Course">
        <h2 property="name">Physics</h2>
        <div property="provider" typeOf="CollegeOrUniversity">
            <a property="url" href="/provider/324/university-of-bristol">
                <span property="name">University of Bristol</span>
            </a>
        </div>
        <div>
            Course code <span property="courseCode">F300</span>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org/",
  "@type": "schema:Course",
  "schema:courseCode": "F300",
  "schema:name": "Physics",
  "schema:provider": {
    "@type": "schema:CollegeOrUniversity",
    "schema:name": "University of Bristol",
    "schema:url": "provider/324/university-of-bristol"
  }
}
</script>