Thing
Type name: Thing
| Name |
Type |
Description |
| 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 short description of the item. |
| image |
ImageObject or URL |
An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject. |
| name |
Text |
The string shown to the user on the UI element tied to the action. |
| 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, Freebase page, or official website. |
| url |
URL |
Target url to fetch in order to complete the action. |
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Last updated 2024-09-03 UTC.
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