Sketch of the fields stored in find.coop

find_coop.md

find.coop is primarily a database of Organizations with Locations.

Organization

field	meaning	type
name	name of organization	string
phone	primary phone number	string
email	primary email address	string
website	primary internet presence	string
description	freeform text about organization	string
year_founded	year the organization came into existence	integer
locations	list of locations associated with organizations	Locations
tags	freeform tags for organization	list of strings
org_types	tags specifically related to non-legal aspects of how org is structured	list of strings
sectors	tags specifically related to market/industrial sector	list of strings
legal_structures	tags specifically related to incorporated form	list of strings
member_orgs	names of organizations this org belongs to	list of strings

Location

field	meaning	type
physical_street_address1	physical (as opposed to mailing) address	string
physical_street_address2		string
physical_city		string
physical_state		string
physical_zip		string
physical_country		string
latitude	optional, we'll geocode this if blank	number
longitude	optional, we'll geocode this if blank	number
mailing_street_address1	mailing address	string
mailing_street_address2		string
mailing_city		string
mailing_state		string
mailing_zip		string
mailing_country		string
note	freeform description of location's role	string
is_primary_location	is this the "headquarters"	boolean