ThingClass

The most generic type of item.
Equivalent Classes
schema:Thing
Mappings
Additional Types
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Industries Associated With Thing
Directly associated by an Industry
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Inherited
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Brands Associated With Thing
Inherited through an Industry
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Directly associated by a brand
Inherited through a parent brand
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Properties from Thing
PropertyExpected TypeTMPC Mappingdescription
additionalType
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. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
alternateName
Text
An alias for the item.
description
Text
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
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
An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage
Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
name
Text
The name of the item.
potentialAction
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
A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
url
URL
URL of the item.
Instances of Thing may appear with as a value for the following properties
PropertyOn TypesTMPC Mappingdescription
about
The subject matter of the content.
actionOption
A sub property of object. The options subject to this action.
category
A category for the item. Greater signs or slashes can be used to informally indicate a category hierarchy.
characterAttribute
A piece of data that represents a particular aspect of a fictional character (skill, power, character points, advantage, disadvantage).
collection
A sub property of object. The collection target of the action.
dataFeedElement
An item within a data feed. Data feeds may have many elements.
defaultValue
The default value of the input. For properties that expect a literal, the default is a literal value, for properties that expect an object, it's an ID reference to one of the current values.
error
For failed actions, more information on the cause of the failure.
gameItem
An item is an object within the game world that can be collected by a player or, occasionally, a non-player character.
gamePlatform
The electronic systems used to play video games.
instrument
The object that helped the agent perform the action. E.g. John wrote a book with a pen.
item
An entity represented by an entry in a list or data feed (e.g. an 'artist' in a list of 'artists').
itemListElement
For itemListElement values, you can use simple strings (e.g. "Peter", "Paul", "Mary"), existing entities, or use ListItem.\n\nText values are best if the elements in the list are plain strings. Existing entities are best for a simple, unordered list of existing things in your data. ListItem is used with ordered lists when you want to provide additional context about the element in that list or when the same item might be in different places in different lists.\n\nNote: The order of elements in your mark-up is not sufficient for indicating the order or elements. Use ListItem with a 'position' property in such cases.
itemReviewed
The item that is being reviewed/rated.
knowsAbout
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.
mainEntity
Indicates the primary entity described in some page or other CreativeWork.
mentions
Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept.
object
The object upon which the action is carried out, whose state is kept intact or changed. Also known as the semantic roles patient, affected or undergoer (which change their state) or theme (which doesn't). E.g. John read a book.
option
A sub property of object. The options subject to this action.
produces
The tangible thing generated by the service, e.g. a passport, permit, etc.
quest
The task that a player-controlled character, or group of characters may complete in order to gain a reward.
replacee
A sub property of object. The object that is being replaced.
replacer
A sub property of object. The object that replaces.
requiredCollateral
Assets required to secure loan or credit repayments. It may take form of third party pledge, goods, financial instruments (cash, securities, etc.)
reservationFor
The thing -- flight, event, restaurant, etc. being reserved.
result
The result produced in the action. E.g. John wrote a book.
serviceOutput
The tangible thing generated by the service, e.g. a passport, permit, etc.
targetCollection
A sub property of object. The collection target of the action.
Superseded by
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Is Part Of
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Sources
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Alternate Name
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