Schema.org Blueprints: Medical Starterkit

Introduction

The Schema.org Blueprints Starter Kit: Medical module provides a starting point for building out medical entities using Schema.org.

Features

• Alters the Schema.org Blueprints Entity Prepopulate node links to use the node's about target id instead of the node's id.

Schema.org types

Below are the Schema.org types created by this starter kit.

• Place (node:Place)
  Entities that have a somewhat fixed, physical extension.
  https://schema.org/Place
• Physician (node:IndividualPhysician)
  An individual medical practitioner.
  https://schema.org/IndividualPhysician
• Health Topic (node:HealthTopicContent)
  HealthTopicContent is WebContent that is about some aspect of a health topic, e.g. a condition, its symptoms or treatments.
  https://schema.org/HealthTopicContent
• Medical Study (node:MedicalStudy)
  A medical study is an umbrella type covering all kinds of research studies relating to human medicine or health, including observational studies and interventional trials and registries, randomized, controlled or not.
  https://schema.org/MedicalStudy
• Medical Condition (node:MedicalCondition)
  Any condition of the human body that affects the normal functioning of a person, whether physically or mentally.
  https://schema.org/MedicalCondition
• Dietary Supplement (node:DietarySupplement)
  A product taken by mouth that contains a dietary ingredient intended to supplement the diet.
  https://schema.org/DietarySupplement
• Drug (node:Drug)
  A chemical or biologic substance, used as a medical therapy, that has a physiological effect on an organism.
  https://schema.org/Drug

Notes

• A MedicalCondition (WebPage) should be as simple as possible and then link to dedicated HealthTopicContent (WebPages).