Why does Google not accept my address for jobLocation in microdata?

Question

What is the problem with my code when tested with https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool?

I have tried to set up structured data for JobPosting and then added location. But i dont have an exact postal address: so no zip code and no street just a city.

    <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/JobPosting">
  <h2 itemprop="title">Data Analyst</h2>
    <span itemprop="description">
      <strong>Company:</strong>
      <span itemprop="hiringOrganization">  
        <span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
          <span itemprop="name">
            Euro London Banking and Finance Germany
          </span>
        </span>
      </span>
    </span>
    <p><strong>Location:</strong>
    <span itemprop="jobLocation">
        <span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place">
            <span itemprop="address">
                <span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress">
                    <span itemprop="addressLocality">Mycityname</span>
                </span>
            </span>
        </span>
    </span>
    </p>
    <p><strong>Employment type:</strong>
      <span itemmprop="employmentType">
        Full-time
      </span>,
      <span itemprop="workHours">
        40 hours per week
      </span>
    </p>
    <p><strong>Base salary:</strong>
      <span itemprop="salaryCurrency">
        EUR
      </span>
      <span itemprop="baseSalary">
        35000
      </span>
    </p>
    <p><strong>Responsabilities:</strong></p>

    <ul itemprop="responsibilities">
        <li>a</li>
        <li>b</li>
        <li>c</li>
    </ul>



    <p><strong>Educational requirements:</strong>
      <span itemprop="educationRequirements">
        Bachelor&#39;s degree
      </span>
    </p>
    <p><strong>Experience requirements:</strong>
    <span itemprop="experienceRequirements">
      At least 2 years of working experience, however recent graduates with relevant technical knowledge and experience through 
      internships, etc. will also be considered
    </span>
    </p>
    <p><strong>Qualifications:</strong></p>
      <ul itemprop="qualifications">
        <li>Profound knowledge of SQL Server and relational databases</li>
        <li>Profound knowledge of Visual Basic for Applications</li>
        <li>Profound knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Access</li>
        <li>Knowledge in ASP.Net and HTML is preferred</li>
        <li>Fluent in English; knowledge of the German language is preferred but not a must</li>
      </ul>
    <p><strong>Skills:</strong></p>
      <ul itemprop="skills">
        <li>Good analytical skills</li>
        <li>Good communication and interpersonal skills</li>
        <li>Ability to work in teams</li>
        <li>Stress resilient, goal-oriented and efficient</li>
      </ul>
    <p><strong>Date posted:</strong>
      <span itemprop="datePosted">
        2011-11-29
      </span>
    </p>
</div>

To me it seems that I can have text value for addres property. that is also what schema.org says. still it does not get verified :(

Answer 1

The Place type can accept Text as well as a postalAddress type (http://schema.org/address) therefore you can do the following as a minimum and still be valid:

 "jobLocation": {
      "@type": "Place",
      "address": "Central City"
 }

I just tested it and although you will get warnings, you will get no errors.

Answer 2

Use itemprop and itemtype in the same span

<span itemprop="jobLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place">
    <span itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress">
        <span itemprop="addressLocality">Mycityname</span>
    </span>
</span>