About
What schemaGov is, why it exists, who maintains it, and how to contribute.
What this is
schemaGov is a shared format for publishing government data - organizations, laws, meetings, budgets, and services - so it means the same thing wherever it's used. It's built on schema.org, extended with established open standards where it has nothing to offer, rather than inventing a new vocabulary from scratch.
Why it matters
Efficiencies
A government publishing to one shared format, and a vendor or developer building against it, both do less one-off work. The same data can drive a website, a mobile app, an open data portal, a search listing, or an AI chatbot, without a separate integration for each.
No vendor lock-in
The format is open and public domain, so no single vendor controls it. A government can change providers, or run several systems side by side, without its published data becoming unusable.
Maintainers
schemaGov is maintained by GovFresh.
How to contribute
schemaGov is developed in the open on GitHub. Report a problem or suggest a change by opening an issue, or propose a change directly with a pull request.
License
The specification, vocabulary, schemas, and documentation are published under CC0 1.0, a public-domain dedication: any government, vendor, or project can use, adapt, or redistribute it without asking permission or crediting schemaGov. The tooling - the site and validators - is MIT.