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Organization (/organization/organization)

Current Definition:

An organization is an organized body of members or people with a particular purpose; in the Freebase context, a organization doesn't have a business association, like a company. Companies have their own type in the business domain, located here. In addition, many types of organizations have their own, more specialized co-types that give them additional properties.

Proposed Definition:

An organization is an organized body of one or more human or non-human (such as: countries, companies, etc.) members with a particular purpose. In the Freebase context, an organization may not necessarily have a business association, like a company. Companies have their own type in the business domain (/business/business_operation). In addition, many types of organizations have their own, more specialized co-types that give them additional properties.

Things that are Organizations

There is a variety of organizations, including:

  • Companies, such as: Apple, Google and PSA Peugeot Citroën. All organizations that have operations with the intention of earning revenue are considered companies. These topics are also typed as /business/business_operation. Depending on the industry they currently belong, they may further be typed as:
  • Airline (/aviation/airline), such as: Air Mauritius, Air Namibia and Shorouk Air.
  • Automobile company (/automotive/company), such as: Audi, General Motors and Lamborghini.
  • Hotel operator (/travel/hotel_operator), such as: Hilton Worldwide, Holiday Inn and InterContinental Hotels Group.
  • Record label (/music/record_label), such as: Atlantic Records, Chainsaw Cassettes and Straight Records.
  • Educational institutions, which can be schools, such as: Gerald R. Ford Elementary School, Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Royal High School of Edinburgh, or colleges and universities, such as: PATTS College of Aeronautics and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  • Schools are also typed as /education/school, and Colleges/Universities are also typed as /education/university.
  • Fraternities and sororities, such as: Beta Theta Pi and Student African American Brotherhood.
  • These topics are also typed as /education/fraternity_sorority.
  • Membership organizations, such as: European Union, G-20 major economies, International Monetary Fund, United Nations and World Health Organization.
  • These topics are also typed as /organization/membership_organization.
  • Nonprofit organizations, such as: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, International Olympic Committee and WikiLeaks.
  • These topics are also typed as /organization/non_profit_organization.
  • Political parties, such as: Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Party of the European Left and Republican Party.
  • These topics are also typed as /government/political_party.
  • Religious orders, such as: Bektashi Order, Hurufism and Trappists, and religious organizations, such as: Ahmadiyya, Orthodox Church in America and Saint Louis Jewish Community.
  • Religious orders are also typed as /religion/religious_order, and Religious organizations are also typed as /religion/religious_organization.
  • School districts, such as: Galveston Independent School District, North Clackamas School District and Vancouver School Board, and school systems, such as: Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Canadian Indian residential school system and Highline Public Schools.
  • These topics are also typed as /education/school_district.
  • Sports associations, such as: La Liga, National Hockey League and Western Lacrosse Association.
  • These topics are also typed as /sports/sports_league.
  • Sports teams, such as: Charlotte Checkers, Kansas City Chiefs and Manchester United F.C.
  • These topics are also typed as /sports/sports_team.
  • University systems, such as: National University of Ireland, Royal University of Bhutan and Texas Tech University System.
  • These topics are also typed as /education/university_system.

Organizations may also operate in secret and/or illegally in the case of:

  • Criminal organizations, such as: Camorra and Medellín Cartel.
  • Resistance movements, such as: Carbonari and French Forces of the Interior.
  • Secret societies, such as: Cambridge Apostles and Skull and Bones.

Things that are NOT Organizations

  • Books, such as: Bicycle Haiku, The Elephant Vanishes and Ulysses.
  • Use the Book (/book/book) type for these.
  • Brands, such as: Cheetos, Nespresso and Panasonic.
  • Use the Brand (/business/brand) type for these, and connect them to the organization that owns them via the Owner(s) (/business/brand/owner_s) property.
  • Buildings, such as: Casa Milà, Savoy Palace and Westminster Abbey.
  • Use the Building (/architecture/building) type for these, and connect them to the organization that occupies them via the Occupant (/architecture/building/occupant) property.
  • Character Occupations, which cover all sort of occupations, whether real or fictional, held by a fictional character, such as: Bounty hunter and Starship captain.
  • Use the Character Occupation (/fictional_universe/character_occupation) type for these.
  • Chivalric Order Members, such as: Alfonso V of Aragon, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples and Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary-Croatia.
  • Use the Chivalric Order Member (/royalty/chivalric_order_member) type for these.
  • Compositions, such as: Johnny B. Goode, Knocking at Your Back Door and Let's Live For Today.
  • Use the Composition (/music/composition) type for these.
  • Literary Series, such as: d'Artagnan Romances, Dune prequel series and The Chronicles of Narnia.
  • Use the Literary Series (/book/literary_series) type for these.
  • Organism Classifications, such as: Aptenodytes, Fungus and Laurasiatheria.
  • Use the Organism Classification (/biology/organism_classification) type for these.
  • Periodicals, journals, magazines and newspapers, such as: Journal of Behavioral Finance, Marie Claire and Udayavani.
  • Use Periodical (/book/periodical), Journal (/book/journal), Magazine (/book/magazine) and Newspaper (/book/newspaper) types for these respectively.
  • People, a person such as: Ariën Van Weesenbeek and Đorđe Jokić, or a group of people such as: Coen brothers and The Lumière brothers.
  • Use Person (/people/person) and Group (/people/group) types for these respectively.
  • Professions, such as: Astronomer, Carpenter and Patent attorney.
  • Use the Profession (/people/profession) type for these.
  • Projects, such as: Design and Construction of the Alaska Highway, Design and Construction of The Dome of Discovery and Design and Construction of the Johor-Singapore Causeway; an organization can participate in a project, but it is not the project itself.
  • Use the Project (/projects/project) type for these, and connect them to the organization that takes part via the Participants (/projects/project/participants) property.
  • Ships, such as: Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci, Japanese submarine I-25 and Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag.
  • Use the Ship (/boats/ship) type for these.
  • TV Programs, such as: 24, Battlestar Galactica and Twin Peaks.
  • Use the TV Program (/tv/tv_program) type for these.
  • Websites, such as: GameFront, The Escapist and Wikibooks. Sometimes, the organization name and the website domain name are the same, but these are distinct concepts.
  • Use the Website (/internet/website) type for these, and connect them to the organization that owns them via the Owner new (/internet/website/owner_new) property.

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