Entity

The candidate entities that an entity mention could link to.

HealthcareFHIRHL7v2DICOMMedical ImagingDe-IdentificationInteroperabilityCloud

Properties

Name Type Description
entityId string entity_id is a first class field entity_id uniquely identifies this concept and its meta-vocabulary. For example, "UMLS/C0000970".
preferredTerm string preferred_term is the preferred term for this concept. For example, "Acetaminophen". For ad hoc entities formed by normalization, this is the most popular unnormalized string.
vocabularyCodes array Vocabulary codes are first-class fields and differentiated from the concept unique identifier (entity_id). vocabulary_codes contains the representation of this concept in particular vocabularies, such
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

Entity.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "title": "Entity",
  "description": "The candidate entities that an entity mention could link to.",
  "properties": {
    "entityId": {
      "description": "entity_id is a first class field entity_id uniquely identifies this concept and its meta-vocabulary. For example, \"UMLS/C0000970\".",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "preferredTerm": {
      "description": "preferred_term is the preferred term for this concept. For example, \"Acetaminophen\". For ad hoc entities formed by normalization, this is the most popular unnormalized string.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "vocabularyCodes": {
      "description": "Vocabulary codes are first-class fields and differentiated from the concept unique identifier (entity_id). vocabulary_codes contains the representation of this concept in particular vocabularies, such as ICD-10, SNOMED-CT and RxNORM. These are prefixed by the name of the vocabulary, followed by the unique code within that vocabulary. For example, \"RXNORM/A10334543\".",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    }
  },
  "type": "object"
}

Work with this as data

Every JSON Schema here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for schemas

4 MCP tools reach this
  • find_json_schemasBrowse and filter every JSON Schema in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This JSON Schema
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/json-schemas/Entity"
All schemas
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/json-schemas?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no email required.

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.