[3] It handles the individual relationships between a buyer, a seller and the products and services offered.
[7] An analysis of online e-commerce data providers at that time found it to be the most prevalent ontology in use.
[7] As of mid-2015, GoodRelations had become the de facto ontology for e-commerce,[8][9] and was in widespread use, having been adopted by retailers such as BestBuy.
[8] GoodRelations is additionally used in academic studies of the Semantic Web,[10][11] as a core ontology.
[7][9] A shop, restaurant, or store, and its opening hours, may be specified using GoodRelations as in this example, which also uses vCard and FOAF:[12] Citations Sources