Thing > Person

A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional).

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from Thing
`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.
`description`	Text	A short description of the item.
`image`	URL	URL of an image of the item.
`name`	Text	The name of the item.
`url`	URL	URL of the item.
Properties from Person
`additionalName`	Text	An additional name for a Person, can be used for a middle name.
`address`	PostalAddress	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.
`alumniOf`	EducationalOrganization	An educational organizations that the person is an alumni of.
`award`	Text	An award won by this person or for this creative work.
`awards`	Text	Awards won by this person or for this creative work. (legacy spelling; see singular form, award)
`birthDate`	Date	Date of birth.
`brand`	Brand or Organization	The brand(s) associated with a product or service, or the brand(s) maintained by an organization or business person.
`children`	Person	A child of the person.
`colleague`	Person	A colleague of the person.
`colleagues`	Person	A colleague of the person (legacy spelling; see singular form, colleague).
`contactPoint`	ContactPoint	A contact point for a person or organization.
`contactPoints`	ContactPoint	A contact point for a person or organization (legacy spelling; see singular form, contactPoint).
`deathDate`	Date	Date of death.
`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 an Person. This can be used along with givenName instead of the Name property.
`faxNumber`	Text	The fax number.
`follows`	Person	The most generic uni-directional social relation.
`gender`	Text	Gender of the person.
`givenName`	Text	Given name. In the U.S., the first name of a Person. This can be used along with familyName instead of the Name property.
`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.
`hasPOS`	Place	Points-of-Sales operated by the organization or person.
`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 preceding a Person's name such as M.D. /PhD/MSCSW.
`interactionCount`	Text	A count of a specific user interactions with this item—for example, `20 UserLikes`, `5 UserComments`, or `300 UserDownloads`. The user interaction type should be one of the sub types of UserInteraction.
`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`	Text	The job title of the person (for example, Financial Manager).
`knows`	Person	The most generic bi-directional social/work relation.
`makesOffer`	Offer	A pointer to products or services offered by the organization or person.
`memberOf`	Organization	An organization to which the person belongs.
`naics`	Text	The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for a particular organization or business person.
`nationality`	Country	Nationality of the person.
`owns`	OwnershipInfo or Product	Products owned by the organization or person.
`parent`	Person	A parent of this person.
`parents`	Person	A parents of the person (legacy spelling; see singular form, parent).
`performerIn`	Event	Event that this person is a performer or participant in.
`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.
`siblings`	Person	A sibling of the person (legacy spelling; see singular form, sibling).
`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 organisation or person.
`workLocation`	ContactPoint or Place	A contact location for a person's place of work.
`worksFor`	Organization	Organizations that the person works for.

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.

Schema Draft Version 1.0a

Example 1

Original HTML:

Jane Doe
<img src="janedoe.jpg" />

Professor
20341 Whitworth Institute
405 Whitworth
Seattle WA 98052
(425) 123-4567
<a href="mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu">jane-doe@illinois.edu</a>

Jane's home page:
<a href="http://www.janedoe.com">janedoe.com</a>

Graduate students:
<a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html">Alice Jones</a>
<a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html">Bob Smith</a>

With Microdata:

<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
  <span itemprop="name">Jane Doe</span>
  <img src="janedoe.jpg" itemprop="image" />

  <span itemprop="jobTitle">Professor</span>
  <div itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress">
    <span itemprop="streetAddress">
      20341 Whitworth Institute
      405 N. Whitworth
    </span>
    <span itemprop="addressLocality">Seattle</span>,
    <span itemprop="addressRegion">WA</span>
    <span itemprop="postalCode">98052</span>
  </div>
  <span itemprop="telephone">(425) 123-4567</span>
  <a href="mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu" itemprop="email">
    jane-doe@xyz.edu</a>

  Jane's home page:
  <a href="http://www.janedoe.com" itemprop="url">janedoe.com</a>

  Graduate students:
  <a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html" itemprop="colleague">
    Alice Jones</a>
  <a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html" itemprop="colleague">
    Bob Smith</a>
</div>