# location

The location of, for example, where an event is happening, where an organization is located, or where an action takes place.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Place](https://schema.org.ai/Place) | Entities that have a somewhat fixed, physical extension. |
| [PostalAddress](https://schema.org.ai/PostalAddress) | The mailing address. |
| [Text](https://schema.org.ai/Text) | Data type: Text. |
| [VirtualLocation](https://schema.org.ai/VirtualLocation) | An online or virtual location for attending events. For example, one may attend an online seminar or educational event. While a virtual location may be used as the location of an event, virtual locations should not be confused with physical locations in the real world. |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Action](https://schema.org.ai/Action) | An action performed by a direct agent and indirect participants upon a direct object. Optionally happens at a location with the help of an inanimate instrument. The execution of the action may produce a result. Specific action sub-type documentation specifies the exact expectation of each argument/role. See also [blog post](https://blog.schema.org/2014/04/16/announcing-schema-org-actions/) and [Actions overview document](https://schema.org/docs/actions.html). |
| [Event](https://schema.org.ai/Event) | An event happening at a certain time and location, such as a concert, lecture, or festival. Ticketing information may be added via the [offers](https://schema.org.ai/offers) property. Repeated events may be structured as separate Event objects. |
| [InteractionCounter](https://schema.org.ai/InteractionCounter) | A summary of how users have interacted with this CreativeWork. In most cases, authors will use a subtype to specify the specific type of interaction. |
| [Organization](https://schema.org.ai/Organization) | An organization such as a school, NGO, corporation, club, etc. |

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Quoted from Schema.org 30.1, https://schema.org/location, under CC BY-SA 3.0. Served by the Org.AI Foundation at https://schema.org.ai/location.