Organization

A group of people, typically in a legislative or rule-making context.

Fields

Information about the 12 fields and the definitions of any abbreviated values.


classification   String (up to 100)

The type of Organization being defined.

Code Definition
legislature Legislature
executive Executive
upper Upper Chamber
lower Lower Chamber
party Party
committee Committee
commission Commission
corporation Corporation
agency Agency
department Department
judiciary Judiciary

created_at   Date (with time)

The date and time of creation.


dissolution_date   String (up to 10)

The dissolution date of the Organization in YYYY[-MM[-DD]] string format.


extras   A JSON object

A key-value store for storing arbitrary information not covered elsewhere.


founding_date   String (up to 10)

The founding date of the Organization in YYYY[-MM[-DD]] string format.


id   String (up to 53)


image   URL

A URL leading to an image that identifies the Organization visually.


jurisdiction_id   String (up to 300)

A link to the Jurisdiction that contains this Organization.


locked_fields   Array of Text


name   String (up to 300)

The name of the Organization.


parent_id   String (up to 53)

A link to another Organization that serves as this Organization's parent.


updated_at   Date (with time)

The date and time of the last update.