bds:Policy
typeOperationscoreA stated commitment about how the business behaves, such as "Refunds are honored within 30 days". A Policy says what; a Rule says exactly when and what happens. Use schema:validFrom and schema:validThrough for the period it applies and reviewDate for when it should next be looked at.
Subclass of schema:CreativeWork · inherits 142 schema.org properties from CreativeWork and above
Properties
Declared by BDS on this type. Everything else is inherited from schema.org.
| Property | Expected type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bds:appliesTo | schema:Organization, schema:Thing, bds:Position, bds:Process | Who or what the policy covers. |
| bds:enforcedBy | schema:Person, bds:Position, bds:Process | The person, position, process or automation that makes sure the policy is followed. |
| bds:lifecycleStatus | bds:LifecycleStatus | Where the item is in its life: draft, active, on hold, completed, cancelled, archived or superseded. For a Task use schema:actionStatus instead; for a Deal use dealStatus. |
| bds:reviewDate | schema:Date | When the item should next be reviewed to confirm it is still right. |
| bds:supersedes | bds:Agreement, bds:Decision, bds:Policy, bds:Process | An earlier item of the same kind that this one replaces. The earlier item should carry SupersededStatus or DecisionSuperseded. |
Widened onto it
schema.org properties declared usable on this type. Reuse these before proposing a new one.
Subtypes
References
Where this term shows up elsewhere in the vocabulary.
- Referenced as expected type by
- bds:governedBy, bds:supersedes
- Properties declared on it
- bds:appliesTo, bds:enforcedBy, bds:lifecycleStatus, bds:reviewDate, bds:supersedes