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Schema Org Thing

The most generic type of item in the Schema.org vocabulary.

Type: object Properties: 13
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Thing is a JSON Structure definition published by Schema.org, describing 13 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

type context name description url image identifier sameAs alternateName additionalType mainEntityOfPage potentialAction subjectOf

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

schema-org-thing.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "type": "object",
  "name": "Thing",
  "description": "The most generic type of item in the Schema.org vocabulary.",
  "properties": {
    "type": { "type": "string" },
    "context": { "type": "string" },
    "name": { "type": "string" },
    "description": { "type": "string" },
    "url": { "type": "string" },
    "image": { "type": "string" },
    "identifier": { "type": "string" },
    "sameAs": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } },
    "alternateName": { "type": "string" },
    "additionalType": { "type": "string" },
    "mainEntityOfPage": { "type": "string" },
    "potentialAction": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": { "$ref": "#/definitions/Action" } } },
    "subjectOf": { "type": "string" }
  },
  "definitions": {
    "Action": {
      "type": "object",
      "name": "Action",
      "properties": {
        "type": { "type": "string" },
        "name": { "type": "string" },
        "target": { "type": "string" }
      }
    }
  }
}

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