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A Schema.org Type
Thing
Person
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Canonical URL: https://schema.org/Person
Equivalent Class: foaf:Person
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A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional).
Property
Expected Type
Description
Properties from
Person
additionalName
Text
An additional name for a Person, can be used for a middle name.
address
PostalAddress
or
Text
Physical address of the item.
affiliation
Organization
An organization that this person is affiliated with. For example, a school/university, a club, or a team.
agentInteractionStatistic
InteractionCounter
The number of completed interactions for this entity, in a particular role (the 'agent'), in a particular action (indicated in the statistic), and in a particular context (i.e. interactionService).
alumniOf
EducationalOrganization
or
Organization
An organization that the person is an alumni of.
Inverse property:
alumni
award
Text
An award won by or for this item.
Supersedes
awards
birthDate
Date
Date of birth.
birthPlace
Place
The place where the person was born.
brand
Brand
or
Organization
The brand(s) associated with a product or service, or the brand(s) maintained by an organization or business person.
callSign
Text
callsign
, as used in broadcasting and radio communications to identify people, radio and TV stations, or vehicles.
children
Person
A child of the person.
colleague
Person
or
URL
A colleague of the person.
Supersedes
colleagues
contactPoint
ContactPoint
A contact point for a person or organization.
Supersedes
contactPoints
deathDate
Date
Date of death.
deathPlace
Place
The place where the person died.
duns
Text
The Dun & Bradstreet DUNS number for identifying an organization or business person.
email
Text
Email address.
familyName
Text
Family name. In the U.S., the last name of a Person.
faxNumber
Text
The fax number.
follows
Person
The most generic uni-directional social relation.
funder
Organization
or
Person
A person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution.
funding
Grant
Grant
that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also
ownershipFundingInfo
Inverse property:
fundedItem
gender
GenderType
or
Text
Gender of something, typically a
Person
, but possibly also fictional characters, animals, etc. While https://schema.org/Male and https://schema.org/Female may be used, text strings are also acceptable for people who are not a binary gender. The
gender
property can also be used in an extended sense to cover e.g. the gender of sports teams. As with the gender of individuals, we do not try to enumerate all possibilities. A mixed-gender
SportsTeam
can be indicated with a text value of "Mixed".
givenName
Text
Given name. In the U.S., the first name of a Person.
globalLocationNumber
Text
The
Global Location Number
(GLN, sometimes also referred to as International Location Number or ILN) of the respective organization, person, or place. The GLN is a 13-digit number used to identify parties and physical locations.
hasCertification
Certification
Certification information about a product, organization, service, place, or person.
hasCredential
Credential
A credential awarded to the Person or Organization.
hasOccupation
Occupation
The Person's occupation. For past professions, use Role for expressing dates.
hasOfferCatalog
OfferCatalog
Indicates an OfferCatalog listing for this Organization, Person, or Service.
hasPOS
Place
Points-of-Sales operated by the organization or person.
height
Distance
or
QuantitativeValue
The height of the item.
homeLocation
ContactPoint
or
Place
A contact location for a person's residence.
honorificPrefix
Text
An honorific prefix preceding a Person's name such as Dr/Mrs/Mr.
honorificSuffix
Text
An honorific suffix following a Person's name such as M.D./PhD/MSCSW.
interactionStatistic
InteractionCounter
The number of interactions for the CreativeWork using the WebSite or SoftwareApplication. The most specific child type of InteractionCounter should be used.
Supersedes
interactionCount
isicV4
Text
The International Standard of Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 code for a particular organization, business person, or place.
jobTitle
DefinedTerm
or
Text
The job title of the person (for example, Financial Manager).
knows
Person
The most generic bi-directional social/work relation.
knowsAbout
Text
or
Thing
or
URL
Of a
Person
, and less typically of an
Organization
, to indicate a topic that is known about - suggesting possible expertise but not implying it. We do not distinguish skill levels here, or relate this to educational content, events, objectives or
JobPosting
descriptions.
knowsLanguage
Language
or
Text
Of a
Person
, and less typically of an
Organization
, to indicate a known language. We do not distinguish skill levels or reading/writing/speaking/signing here. Use language codes from the
IETF BCP 47 standard
lifeEvent
Event
A life event like baptism, communions, Bar Mitzvahs, Aqiqah, Namakarana, Miyamairi, burial, ....
makesOffer
Offer
A pointer to products or services offered by the organization or person.
Inverse property:
offeredBy
memberOf
MemberProgramTier
or
Organization
or
ProgramMembership
An Organization (or ProgramMembership) to which this Person or Organization belongs.
Inverse property:
member
naics
Text
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for a particular organization or business person.
nationality
Country
Nationality of the person.
netWorth
MonetaryAmount
or
PriceSpecification
The total financial value of the person as calculated by subtracting the total value of liabilities from the total value of assets.
owns
Thing
Things owned by the organization or person.
Inverse property:
owner
parent
Person
A parent of this person.
Supersedes
parents
performerIn
Event
Event that this person is a performer or participant in.
pronouns
DefinedTerm
or
StructuredValue
or
Text
A short string listing or describing pronouns for a person. Typically the person concerned is the best authority as pronouns are a critical part of personal identity and expression. Publishers and consumers of this information are reminded to treat this data responsibly, take country-specific laws related to gender expression into account, and be wary of out-of-date data and drawing unwarranted inferences about the person being described.
In English, formulations such as "they/them", "she/her", and "he/him" are commonly used online and can also be used here. We do not intend to enumerate all possible micro-syntaxes in all languages. More structured and well-defined external values for pronouns can be referenced using the
StructuredValue
or
DefinedTerm
values.
publishingPrinciples
CreativeWork
or
URL
The publishingPrinciples property indicates (typically via
URL
) a document describing the editorial principles of an
Organization
(or individual, e.g. a
Person
writing a blog) that relate to their activities as a publisher, e.g. ethics or diversity policies. When applied to a
CreativeWork
(e.g.
NewsArticle
) the principles are those of the party primarily responsible for the creation of the
CreativeWork
While such policies are most typically expressed in natural language, sometimes related information (e.g. indicating a
funder
) can be expressed using schema.org terminology.
relatedTo
Person
The most generic familial relation.
seeks
Demand
A pointer to products or services sought by the organization or person (demand).
sibling
Person
A sibling of the person.
Supersedes
siblings
skills
DefinedTerm
or
Text
A statement of knowledge, skill, ability, task or any other assertion expressing a competency that is either claimed by a person, an organization or desired or required to fulfill a role or to work in an occupation.
sponsor
Organization
or
Person
A person or organization that supports a thing through a pledge, promise, or financial contribution. E.g. a sponsor of a Medical Study or a corporate sponsor of an event.
spouse
Person
The person's spouse.
taxID
Text
The Tax / Fiscal ID of the organization or person, e.g. the TIN in the US or the CIF/NIF in Spain.
telephone
Text
The telephone number.
vatID
Text
The value-added Tax ID of the organization or person with national prefix (for example IT123456789). Can also be described as
iso6523Code
with proper prefix.
weight
Mass
or
QuantitativeValue
The weight of the product or person.
workLocation
ContactPoint
or
Place
A contact location for a person's place of work.
worksFor
Organization
Organizations that the person works for.
Properties from
Thing
additionalType
Text
or
URL
An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the
use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org
style guide
alternateName
Text
An alias for the item.
description
Text
or
TextObject
A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription
Text
A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
identifier
PropertyValue
or
Text
or
URL
The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of
Thing
, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See
background notes
for more details.
image
ImageObject
or
URL
An image of the item. This can be a
URL
or a fully described
ImageObject
mainEntityOfPage
CreativeWork
or
URL
Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See
background notes
for details.
Inverse property:
mainEntity
name
Text
The name of the item.
owner
Organization
or
Person
A person or organization who owns this Thing.
Inverse property:
owns
potentialAction
Action
Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs
URL
URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf
CreativeWork
or
Event
A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
Inverse property:
about
url
URL
URL of the item.
Instances of
Person
may appear as a value for the following properties
Property
On Types
Description
accountablePerson
CreativeWork
Specifies the Person that is legally accountable for the CreativeWork.
acquiredFrom
OwnershipInfo
The organization or person from which the product was acquired.
actor
Clip
or
CreativeWorkSeason
or
Episode
or
Event
or
Movie
or
MovieSeries
or
PodcastSeries
or
RadioSeries
or
TVSeries
or
VideoGame
or
VideoGameSeries
or
VideoObject
An actor (individual or a group), e.g. in TV, radio, movie, video games etc., or in an event. Actors can be associated with individual items or with a series, episode, clip.
actors
Clip
or
Episode
or
Movie
or
MovieSeries
or
RadioSeries
or
TVSeries
or
VideoGame
or
VideoGameSeries
or
VideoObject
An actor, e.g. in TV, radio, movie, video games etc. Actors can be associated with individual items or with a series, episode, clip.
agent
Action
The direct performer or driver of the action (animate or inanimate). E.g.
John
wrote a book.
alumni
EducationalOrganization
or
Organization
Alumni of an organization.
artist
ComicIssue
or
ComicStory
or
VisualArtwork
The primary artist for a work
in a medium other than pencils or digital line art--for example, if the
primary artwork is done in watercolors or digital paints.
athlete
SportsTeam
A person that acts as performing member of a sports team; a player as opposed to a coach.
attendee
Event
A person or organization attending the event.
attendees
Event
A person attending the event.
author
CreativeWork
or
Rating
The author of this content or rating. Please note that author is special in that HTML 5 provides a special mechanism for indicating authorship via the rel tag. That is equivalent to this and may be used interchangeably.
awayTeam
SportsEvent
The away team in a sports event.
bccRecipient
Message
A sub property of recipient. The recipient blind copied on a message.
bookingAgent
Reservation
'bookingAgent' is an out-dated term indicating a 'broker' that serves as a booking agent.
borrower
LendAction
A sub property of participant. The person that borrows the object being lent.
broker
Invoice
or
Order
or
Reservation
or
Service
An entity that arranges for an exchange between a buyer and a seller. In most cases a broker never acquires or releases ownership of a product or service involved in an exchange. If it is not clear whether an entity is a broker, seller, or buyer, the latter two terms are preferred.
buyer
SellAction
A sub property of participant. The participant/person/organization that bought the object.
byArtist
MusicAlbum
or
MusicRecording
The artist that performed this album or recording.
candidate
VoteAction
A sub property of object. The candidate subject of this action.
ccRecipient
Message
A sub property of recipient. The recipient copied on a message.
character
CreativeWork
Fictional person connected with a creative work.
children
Person
A child of the person.
claimInterpreter
Claim
For a
Claim
interpreted from
MediaObject
content, the
interpretedAsClaim
property can be used to indicate a claim contained, implied or refined from the content of a
MediaObject
coach
SportsTeam
A person that acts in a coaching role for a sports team.
colleague
Person
A colleague of the person.
colleagues
Person
A colleague of the person.
colorist
ComicIssue
or
ComicStory
or
VisualArtwork
The individual who adds color to inked drawings.
competitor
SportsEvent
A competitor in a sports event.
composer
Event
or
MusicComposition
The person or organization who wrote a composition, or who is the composer of a work performed at some event.
contributor
CreativeWork
or
Event
A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork or Event.
copyrightHolder
CreativeWork
The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork.
creator
CreativeWork
or
UserComments
The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.
creditedTo
MusicRelease
The group the release is credited to if different than the byArtist. For example, Red and Blue is credited to "Stefani Germanotta Band", but by Lady Gaga.
customer
Invoice
or
Order
Party placing the order or paying the invoice.
director
Clip
or
CreativeWorkSeason
or
Episode
or
Event
or
Movie
or
MovieSeries
or
RadioSeries
or
TVSeries
or
VideoGame
or
VideoGameSeries
or
VideoObject
A director of e.g. TV, radio, movie, video gaming etc. content, or of an event. Directors can be associated with individual items or with a series, episode, clip.
directors
Clip
or
Episode
or
Movie
or
MovieSeries
or
RadioSeries
or
TVSeries
or
VideoGame
or
VideoGameSeries
or
VideoObject
A director of e.g. TV, radio, movie, video games etc. content. Directors can be associated with individual items or with a series, episode, clip.
editor
CreativeWork
Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork.
employee
Organization
Someone working for this organization.
employees
Organization
People working for this organization.
endorsee
EndorseAction
A sub property of participant. The person/organization being supported.
endorsers
Diet
People or organizations that endorse the plan.
followee
FollowAction
A sub property of object. The person or organization being followed.
follows
Person
The most generic uni-directional social relation.
founder
Organization
A person or organization who founded this organization.
founders
Organization
A person who founded this organization.
fundedItem
Grant
Indicates something directly or indirectly funded or sponsored through a
Grant
. See also
ownershipFundingInfo
funder
CreativeWork
or
Event
or
Grant
or
MonetaryGrant
or
Organization
or
Person
A person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution.
grantee
DigitalDocumentPermission
The person, organization, contact point, or audience that has been granted this permission.
hiringOrganization
JobPosting
Organization or Person offering the job position.
homeTeam
SportsEvent
The home team in a sports event.
illustrator
Book
The illustrator of the book.
inker
ComicIssue
or
ComicStory
or
VisualArtwork
The individual who traces over the pencil drawings in ink after pencils are complete.
instructor
CourseInstance
A person assigned to instruct or provide instructional assistance for the
CourseInstance
knows
Person
The most generic bi-directional social/work relation.
landlord
RentAction
A sub property of participant. The owner of the real estate property.
legalRepresentative
Organization
One or multiple persons who represent this organization legally such as CEO or sole administrator.
legislationCountersignedBy
Legislation
The person or organization that countersigned the legislation. Depending on the legal context, a countersignature can indicate that the signed authority undertakes to assume responsibility for texts emanating from a person who is inviolable and irresponsible, (for example a King, Grand Duc or President), or that the authority is in charge of the implementation of the text.
legislationPassedBy
Legislation
The person or organization that originally passed or made the law: typically parliament (for primary legislation) or government (for secondary legislation). This indicates the "legal author" of the law, as opposed to its physical author.
legislationResponsible
Legislation
An individual or organization that has some kind of responsibility for the legislation. Typically the ministry who is/was in charge of elaborating the legislation, or the adressee for potential questions about the legislation once it is published.
lender
BorrowAction
A sub property of participant. The person that lends the object being borrowed.
letterer
ComicIssue
or
ComicStory
or
VisualArtwork
The individual who adds lettering, including speech balloons and sound effects, to artwork.
loser
WinAction
A sub property of participant. The loser of the action.
lyricist
MusicComposition
The person who wrote the words.
maintainer
CreativeWork
A maintainer of a
Dataset
, software package (
SoftwareApplication
), or other
Project
. A maintainer is a
Person
or
Organization
that manages contributions to, and/or publication of, some (typically complex) artifact. It is common for distributions of software and data to be based on "upstream" sources. When
maintainer
is applied to a specific version of something e.g. a particular version or packaging of a
Dataset
, it is always possible that the upstream source has a different maintainer. The
isBasedOn
property can be used to indicate such relationships between datasets to make the different maintenance roles clear. Similarly in the case of software, a package may have dedicated maintainers working on integration into software distributions such as Ubuntu, as well as upstream maintainers of the underlying work.
member
Organization
or
ProgramMembership
A member of an Organization or a ProgramMembership. Organizations can be members of organizations; ProgramMembership is typically for individuals.
members
Organization
or
ProgramMembership
A member of this organization.
merchant
Order
'merchant' is an out-dated term for 'seller'.
musicBy
Clip
or
Episode
or
Movie
or
MovieSeries
or
RadioSeries
or
TVSeries
or
VideoGame
or
VideoGameSeries
or
VideoObject
The composer of the soundtrack.
musicGroupMember
MusicGroup
A member of a music group—for example, John, Paul, George, or Ringo.
offeredBy
Offer
A pointer to the organization or person making the offer.
opponent
ExerciseAction
A sub property of participant. The opponent on this action.
organizer
Event
An organizer of an Event.
owner
Thing
A person or organization who owns this Thing.
parent
Person
A parent of this person.
parents
Person
A parents of the person.
participant
Action
Other co-agents that participated in the action indirectly. E.g. John wrote a book with
Steve
penciler
ComicIssue
or
ComicStory
or
VisualArtwork
The individual who draws the primary narrative artwork.
performer
Event
A performer at the event—for example, a presenter, musician, musical group or actor.
performers
Event
The main performer or performers of the event—for example, a presenter, musician, or actor.
producer
CreativeWork
The person or organization who produced the work (e.g. music album, movie, TV/radio series etc.).
provider
Action
or
CreativeWork
or
EducationalOccupationalProgram
or
FinancialIncentive
or
Invoice
or
ParcelDelivery
or
Reservation
or
Service
or
Trip
The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as the seller.
publishedBy
PublicationEvent
An agent associated with the publication event.
publisher
CreativeWork
or
FinancialIncentive
The publisher of the article in question.
readBy
Audiobook
A person who reads (performs) the audiobook.
recipient
AuthorizeAction
or
CommunicateAction
or
DonateAction
or
GiveAction
or
Message
or
PayAction
or
ReturnAction
or
SendAction
or
TipAction
A sub property of participant. The participant who is at the receiving end of the action.
referee
SportsEvent
An official who watches a game or match closely to enforce the rules and arbitrate on matters arising from the play such as referees, umpires or judges. The name of the effective function can vary according to the sport.
relatedTo
Person
The most generic familial relation.
reviewedBy
WebPage
People or organizations that have reviewed the content on this web page for accuracy and/or completeness.
sdPublisher
CreativeWork
Indicates the party responsible for generating and publishing the current structured data markup, typically in cases where the structured data is derived automatically from existing published content but published on a different site. For example, student projects and open data initiatives often re-publish existing content with more explicitly structured metadata. The
sdPublisher
property helps make such practices more explicit.
seller
BuyAction
or
Demand
or
Flight
or
Offer
or
Order
An entity which offers (sells / leases / lends / loans) the services / goods. A seller may also be a provider.
sender
Message
or
ReceiveAction
A sub property of participant. The participant who is at the sending end of the action.
sibling
Person
A sibling of the person.
siblings
Person
A sibling of the person.
spokenByCharacter
Quotation
The (e.g. fictional) character, Person or Organization to whom the quotation is attributed within the containing CreativeWork.
sponsor
CreativeWork
or
Event
or
Grant
or
MedicalStudy
or
Organization
or
Person
A person or organization that supports a thing through a pledge, promise, or financial contribution. E.g. a sponsor of a Medical Study or a corporate sponsor of an event.
spouse
Person
The person's spouse.
toRecipient
Message
A sub property of recipient. The recipient who was directly sent the message.
translator
CreativeWork
or
Event
Organization or person who adapts a creative work to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market, or that translates during some event.
underName
Reservation
or
Ticket
The person or organization the reservation or ticket is for.
vendor
BuyAction
'vendor' is an earlier term for 'seller'.
winner
LoseAction
A sub property of participant. The winner of the action.
More specific Types
Patient
Acknowledgements
IPTC rNews properties
This class contains derivatives of IPTC rNews properties. rNews is a data model of publishing metadata with serializations currently available for RDFa as well as HTML5 Microdata. More information about the IPTC and rNews can be found at
rnews.org
Examples
Example 1
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Microdata
RDFa
JSON-LD
Structure
Example notes or example HTML without markup.
Jane Doe

Professor
20341 Whitworth Institute
Suite 123
405 Whitworth
Seattle WA 98052
(425) 123-4567
jane-doe@illinois.edu

Jane's home page:
janedoe.com

Graduate students:
Alice Jones
Bob Smith
Example encoded as
Microdata
embedded in HTML.

Example encoded as
RDFa
embedded in HTML.

Example encoded as
JSON-LD
in a HTML script tag.

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Person",
"address": {
"@type": "PostalAddress",
"addressLocality": "Seattle",
"addressRegion": "WA",
"postalCode": "98052",
"streetAddress": "20341 Whitworth Institute 405 N. Whitworth",
"extendedAddress": "Suite 123"
},
"colleague": [
"http://www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html",
"http://www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html"
],
"email": "mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu",
"image": "janedoe.jpg",
"jobTitle": "Professor",
"name": "Jane Doe",
"telephone": "(425) 123-4567",
"url": "http://www.janedoe.com"
Example 2
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Microdata
RDFa
JSON-LD
Structure
Example notes or example HTML without markup.

Example encoded as
Microdata
embedded in HTML.

Example encoded as
RDFa
embedded in HTML.

Example encoded as
JSON-LD
in a HTML script tag.

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "MusicEvent",
"location": {
"@type": "MusicVenue",
"name": "Chicago Symphony Center",
"address": "220 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois, USA"
},
"name": "Shostakovich Leningrad",
"offers": {
"@type": "Offer",
"url": "/examples/ticket/12341234",
"price": "40",
"priceCurrency": "USD",
"availability": "https://schema.org/InStock"
},
"performer": [
"@type": "MusicGroup",
"name": "Chicago Symphony Orchestra",
"sameAs": [
"http://cso.org/",
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra"
},
"@type": "Person",
"image": "/examples/jvanzweden_s.jpg",
"name": "Jaap van Zweden",
"sameAs": "http://www.jaapvanzweden.com/"
],
"startDate": "2014-05-23T20:00",
"workPerformed": [
"@type": "CreativeWork",
"name": "Britten Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes",
"sameAs": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Grimes"
},
"@type": "CreativeWork",
"name": "Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad)",
"sameAs": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._7_(Shostakovich)"
Example 3
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RDFa
JSON-LD
Structure
Example notes or example HTML without markup.
A JSON example of an OrganizationRole, showing information
about a 'member' of a 'SportsTeam', including time qualfiers
(when he began and ended that role).
Example encoded as
Microdata
embedded in HTML.

Example encoded as
RDFa
embedded in HTML.

Example encoded as
JSON-LD
in a HTML script tag.

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "SportsTeam",
"name": "San Francisco 49ers",
"member": {
"@type": "OrganizationRole",
"member": {
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Joe Montana"
},
"startDate": "1979",
"endDate": "1992",
"roleName": "Quarterback"
Example 4
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George Bush, the 41st President of the United States is the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States.
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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Person",
"name": "George Bush",
"disambiguatingDescription": "41st President of the United States",
"children": {
"@type": "Person",
"name": "George W. Bush",
"disambiguatingDescription": "43rd President of the United States"
Example 5
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See JSON example.
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"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Peter Venkman",
"hasOccupation": {
"@type": "Occupation",
"name": "Parapsychologist",
"educationRequirements": "PhD in parapsychology"
Example 6
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See JSON example.
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"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Albert Einstein",
"hasOccupation": [
"@type": "Role",
"hasOccupation": {
"@type": "Occupation",
"name": "Patent examiner",
"occupationalCategory": "23-2099.00"
},
"startDate": "1901",
"endDate": "1906"
},
"@type": "Occupation",
"name": "Professor of Physics",
"educationRequirements": "PhD in Physics"
Example 7
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"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Person",
"name": "A. N. Other",
"jobTitle": {
"@type": "DefinedTerm",
"inDefinedTermSet": "https://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/job-descriptions",
"termCode": "277133-aid-workerhumanitarian-worker-job-description",
"name": "Aid worker/humanitarian worker",
"url": "https://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/job-descriptions/277133-aid-workerhumanitarian-worker-job-description"
Example 8
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A media creator with a number of likes and follows.
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"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Jane Doe",
"interactionStatistic": [
"@type": "InteractionCounter",
"interactionType": "https://schema.org/LikeAction",
"userInteractionCount": 1170
},
"@type": "InteractionCounter",
"interactionType": "https://schema.org/FollowAction",
"userInteractionCount": 145098
Example 9
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An example of a credit card bill (invoice).

ACME Bank
Bill for: January 2015 Visa
invoice link: http://www.acmebank.com/invoice.pdf
Customer: Jane Doe
account ID: xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-1234
payment due: 2015-01-30
minimum payment: $15.00
total due: $200.00
billing period: 2014-12-21 to 2015-01-20
payment due
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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Invoice",
"description": "January 2015 Visa bill.",
"url": "http://acmebank.com/invoice.pdf",
"broker": {
"@type": "BankOrCreditUnion",
"name": "ACME Bank"
},
"accountId": "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-1234",
"customer": {
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Jane Doe"
},
"paymentDueDate": "2015-01-30T12:00:00",
"minimumPaymentDue": {
"@type": "PriceSpecification",
"price": 15.00,
"priceCurrency": "USD"
},
"totalPaymentDue": {
"@type": "PriceSpecification",
"price": 200.00,
"priceCurrency": "USD"
},
"billingPeriod": "P30D",
"paymentStatus": "https://schema.org/PaymentDue"
Example 10
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An example of a invoice for a purchase and installation.

ACME Home Heating
Bill for: New furnace and installation
Customer: Jane Doe
payment due: 2015-01-30
minimum payment: $0.00
total due: $0.00
payment status: paid
order: furnace model ABC123
order: installation labor
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RDFa
embedded in HTML.

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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Invoice",
"broker": {
"@type": "LocalBusiness",
"name": "ACME Home Heating"
},
"accountId": "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-1234",
"customer": {
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Jane Doe"
},
"paymentDueDate": "2015-01-30",
"minimumPaymentDue": {
"@type": "PriceSpecification",
"price": 0.00,
"priceCurrency": "USD"
},
"totalPaymentDue": {
"@type": "PriceSpecification",
"price": 0.00,
"priceCurrency": "USD"
},
"paymentStatus": "https://schema.org/PaymentComplete",
"referencesOrder": [
"@type": "Order",
"description": "furnace",
"orderDate": "2014-12-01",
"orderNumber": "123ABC",
"paymentMethod": "http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#ByInvoice",
"orderedItem": {
"@type": "Product",
"name": "ACME Furnace 3000",
"productID": "ABC123"
},
"@type": "Order",
"description": "furnace installation",
"orderDate": "2014-12-02",
"paymentMethod": "http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#ByInvoice",
"orderedItem": {
"@type": "Service",
"description": "furnace installation"
Example 11
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An example of an order for multiple items, shipped separately.

ACME Supplies
Customer: Jane Doe
Order:
Item abc123: 1 Widget: delivered 2015-03-10
Item def456: 3 Widget accessories: shipped 2015-03-12
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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Order",
"seller": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "ACME Supplies"
},
"customer": {
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Jane Doe"
},
"orderedItem": [
"@type": "OrderItem",
"orderItemNumber": "abc123",
"orderQuantity": 1,
"orderedItem": {
"@type": "Product",
"name": "Widget"
},
"orderItemStatus": "https://schema.org/OrderDelivered",
"orderDelivery": {
"@type": "ParcelDelivery",
"expectedArrivalFrom": "2015-03-10"
},
"@type": "OrderItem",
"orderItemNumber": "def456",
"orderQuantity": 3,
"orderedItem": {
"@type": "Product",
"name": "Widget accessories"
},
"orderItemStatus": "https://schema.org/OrderInTransit",
"orderDelivery": {
"@type": "ParcelDelivery",
"expectedArrivalFrom": "2015-03-15",
"expectedArrivalUntil": "2015-03-18"
Example 12
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A MusicComposition Example. The following JSON-LD models
the composition A Day in the Life by Lennon and McCartney,
regardless of who performs or records the song.
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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "MusicComposition",
"@id": "http://musicbrainz.org/work/fd1aa4f2-ba26-3a05-b72d-4392c35a073c",
"name": "A Day in the Life",
"composer": [
"@type": "Person",
"name": "John Lennon",
"@id": "http://musicbrainz.org/artist/4d5447d7-c61c-4120-ba1b-d7f471d385b9"
},
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Paul McCartney",
"@id": "http://musicbrainz.org/artist/ba550d0e-adac-4864-b88b-407cab5e76af"
],
"iswcCode": "T-010.140.236-1",
"publisher": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "Northern Songs, Ltd.",
"@id": "http://musicbrainz.org/label/26df054d-78cf-4d83-9bb1-a41816125528"
},
"datePublished": "1967",
"lyrics": {
"@type": "CreativeWork",
"inLanguage": "EN",
"text": "I read the news today oh boy..."
Example 13
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Christopher Froome was sponsored by Sky in the Tour de France.

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Christopher Froome was sponsored by

Sky in the Tour de France.

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Christopher Froome was sponsored by

Sky in the Tour de France.

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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Christopher Froome",
"sponsor":
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "Sky",
"url": "http://www.skysports.com/"
Example 14
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Rose Tyler was sponsored by Sarah Jane Smith in the membership process.

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Rose Tyler was sponsored by

Sarah Jane Smith
in the membership process.

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Rose Tyler was sponsored by

Sarah Jane Smith
in the membership process.

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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Rose Tyler",
"sponsor":
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Sarah Jane Smith"
Example 15
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Fairly straightforward painting markup.

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Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "VisualArtwork",
"name": "La trahison des images",
"alternateName": "The Treachery of Images",
"image": "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/MagrittePipe.jpg",
"description": "The painting shows a pipe. Below it, Magritte...",
"creator": [
"@type": "Person",
"name": "René Magritte",
"sameAs": "https://www.freebase.com/m/06h88"
],
"width": "940 mm",
"height": "635 mm",
"artMedium": "oil",
"artworkSurface": "canvas"
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