Property — Schema.org Type, Hierarchy & Properties

Source: Schema.org v30.1 offline vocabulary. Official Property definition.

What is Property?

A property, used to indicate attributes and relationships of some Thing; equivalent to rdf:Property.

Example JSON-LD skeleton

This minimal example only identifies a Schema.org type. It is not a complete entity, a Google rich-result test, or a claim about a real business.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Property"
}

Full parent hierarchy

Each chain starts at a root type. Multiple paths are shown when Schema.org defines more than one parent. For very complex types, up to 256 paths are displayed; consult the official definition for the full graph.

Thing → Intangible → Property

Direct parents: Intangible

Child types (0)

No entries listed in the available snapshot.

Properties that accept Property values (6)

Property	On types	Description
constraintProperty	ConstraintNode	Indicates a property used as a constraint. For example, in the definition of a [[StatisticalVariable]]. The value is a property, either from within Schema.org or from other compatible (e.g. RDF) systems such as DataCommons.org or Wikidata.org.
inverseOf	Property	Relates a property to a property that is its inverse. Inverse properties relate the same pairs of items to each other, but in reversed direction. For example, the 'alumni' and 'alumniOf' properties are inverseOf each other. Some properties don't have explicit inverses; in these situations RDFa and JSON-LD syntax for reverse properties can be used.
measuredProperty	Observation or StatisticalVariable	The measuredProperty of an [[Observation]], typically via its [[StatisticalVariable]]. There are various kinds of applicable [[Property]]: a schema.org property, a property from other RDF-compatible systems, e.g. W3C RDF Data Cube, Data Commons, Wikidata, or schema.org extensions such as [GS1's](https://www.gs1.org/voc/?show=properties).
statType	StatisticalVariable	Indicates the kind of statistic represented by a [[StatisticalVariable]], e.g. mean, count etc. The value of statType is a property, either from within Schema.org (e.g. [[median]], [[marginOfError]], [[maxValue]], [[minValue]]) or from other compatible (e.g. RDF) systems such as DataCommons.org or Wikidata.org.
supersededBy	Class or Enumeration or Property	Relates a term (i.e. a property, class or enumeration) to one that supersedes it.
variableMeasured	Dataset or Observation	The variableMeasured property can indicate (repeated as necessary) the variables that are measured in some dataset, either described as text or as pairs of identifier and description using PropertyValue, or more explicitly as a [[StatisticalVariable]].

Properties usable on Property (17)

This list includes properties whose domainIncludes names Property or one of its ancestors. DomainIncludes is advisory; it is not an exhaustive set of permitted properties.

Property	Expected value types	Description
additionalType	Text, 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 <a href="https://schema.org/docs/styleguide.html">style guide</a>.
alternateName	Text	An alias for the item.
description	Text, 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.
domainIncludes	Class	Relates a property to a class that is (one of) the type(s) the property is expected to be used on.
identifier	PropertyValue, Text, 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](/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg) for more details.
image	ImageObject, URL	An image of the item. This can be a [[URL]] or a fully described [[ImageObject]].
inverseOf	Property	Relates a property to a property that is its inverse. Inverse properties relate the same pairs of items to each other, but in reversed direction. For example, the 'alumni' and 'alumniOf' properties are inverseOf each other. Some properties don't have explicit inverses; in these situations RDFa and JSON-LD syntax for reverse properties can be used.
mainEntityOfPage	CreativeWork, URL	Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See [background notes](/docs/datamodel.html#mainEntityBackground) for details.
name	Text	The name of the item.
owner	Organization, Person	A person or organization who owns this Thing.
potentialAction	Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
rangeIncludes	Class	Relates a property to a class that constitutes (one of) the expected type(s) for values of the property.
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, Event	A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
supersededBy	Class, Enumeration, Property	Relates a term (i.e. a property, class or enumeration) to one that supersedes it.
url	URL	URL of the item.

Schema.org vs Google

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