Thing > Person
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 | 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. Inverse property: alumni. |
award
|
Text | An award won by this person or for this creative work. Supersedes awards. |
birthDate
|
Date | Date of birth. |
birthPlace
|
Place | The place where the person was born. |
brand
|
Organization or Brand | 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. 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 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. |
height
|
Distance or QuantitativeValue | The height of the item or person. |
homeLocation
|
Place or ContactPoint | 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 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
|
PriceSpecification | The total financial value of the organization or person as calculated by subtracting assets from liabilities. |
owns
|
OwnershipInfo or Product | Products owned by the organization or person. |
parent
|
Person | A parent of this person. Supersedes parents. |
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. Supersedes siblings. |
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. |
weight
|
QuantitativeValue | The weight of the product or person. |
workLocation
|
Place or ContactPoint | A contact location for a person's place of work. |
worksFor
|
Organization | Organizations that the person works for. |
| 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. |
alternateName
|
Text | An alias for the item. |
description
|
Text | A short description of the item. |
image
|
URL or ImageObject | An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject. |
name
|
Text | The name of the item. |
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 | URL of the item. |
Instances of Person may appear as values 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
|
VideoGame or Episode or RadioSeries or TVSeries or VideoObject or MovieSeries or Movie or Clip or VideoGameSeries | An actor, e.g. in tv, radio, movie, video games etc. Actors can be associated with individual items or with a series, episode, clip. Supersedes actors. |
agent
|
Action | The direct performer or driver of the action (animate or inanimate). e.g. *John* wrote a book. |
alumni
|
EducationalOrganization | Alumni of educational organization. inverse property: alumniOf. |
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. Supersedes attendees. |
author
|
CreativeWork | The author of this content. 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. |
borrower
|
LendAction | A sub property of participant. The person that borrows the object being lent. |
broker
|
Order or Reservation | 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. Supersedes bookingAgent. |
buyer
|
SellAction | A sub property of participant. The participant/person/organization that bought the object. |
candidate
|
VoteAction | A sub property of object. The candidate subject of this action. |
character
|
CreativeWork | Fictional person connected with a creative work. |
children
|
Person | A child of the person. |
coach
|
SportsTeam | A person that acts in a coaching role for a sports team. |
colleague
|
Person | A colleague of the person. Supersedes colleagues. |
competitor
|
SportsEvent | A competitor in a sports event. |
composer
|
MusicComposition | The person or organization who wrote the composition. |
contributor
|
CreativeWork | A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork. |
copyrightHolder
|
CreativeWork | The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork. |
creator
|
UserComments or CreativeWork | The creator/author of this CreativeWork or UserComments. 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
|
Order | Party placing the order. |
director
|
VideoGame or Episode or RadioSeries or TVSeries or VideoObject or MovieSeries or VideoGameSeries or Clip or Movie | 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. Supersedes directors. |
editor
|
CreativeWork | Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork. |
employee
|
Organization | Someone working for this organization. Supersedes employees. |
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 who founded this organization. Supersedes founders. |
homeTeam
|
SportsEvent | The home team in a sports event. |
illustrator
|
Book | The illustrator of the book. |
knows
|
Person | The most generic bi-directional social/work relation. |
landlord
|
RentAction | A sub property of participant. The owner of the real estate property. |
lender
|
BorrowAction | A sub property of participant. The person that lends the object being borrowed. |
loser
|
WinAction | A sub property of participant. The loser of the action. |
lyricist
|
MusicComposition | The person who wrote the words. |
member
|
Organization or ProgramMembership | A member of an Organization or a ProgramMembership. Organizations can be members of organizations; ProgramMembership is typically for individuals. Supersedes members. inverse property: memberOf. |
musicBy
|
RadioSeries or TVSeries or Movie or Episode | The composer of the movie or TV/radio soundtrack. |
opponent
|
ExerciseAction | A sub property of participant. The opponent on this action. |
organizer
|
Event | An organizer of an Event. |
parent
|
Person | A parent of this person. Supersedes parents. |
participant
|
Action | Other co-agents that participated in the action indirectly. e.g. John wrote a book with *Steve*. |
performer
|
Event | A performer at the event—for example, a presenter, musician, musical group or actor. Supersedes performers. |
producer
|
Organization or CreativeWork | The person or organization who produced the work (e.g. music album, movie, tv/radio series etc.). |
provider
|
Flight or BusTrip or CreativeWork or Service or TrainTrip or Reservation or ParcelDelivery | 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. Supersedes carrier. |
recipient
|
ReturnAction or PayAction or SendAction or CommunicateAction or AuthorizeAction or TipAction or GiveAction or DonateAction | A sub property of participant. The participant who is at the receiving end of the action. |
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. |
seller
|
BuyAction or Order or Demand or Flight or Offer | An entity which offers (sells / leases / lends / loans) the services / goods. A seller may also be a provider. Supersedes merchant. |
sender
|
ReceiveAction | A sub property of participant. The participant who is at the sending end of the action. |
sibling
|
Person | A sibling of the person. Supersedes siblings. |
spouse
|
Person | The person's spouse. |
translator
|
CreativeWork | Organization or person who adapts a creative work to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market. |
underName
|
Ticket or Reservation | The person or organization the reservation or ticket is for. |
winner
|
LoseAction | A sub property of participant. The winner of the action. |
Acknowledgements
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
Jane Doe <img src="janedoe.jpg" alt="Photo of Jane Joe"/> 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>
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
<span itemprop="name">Jane Doe</span>
<img src="janedoe.jpg" itemprop="image" alt="Photo of Jane Joe"/>
<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>
<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="Person">
<span property="name">Jane Doe</span>
<img src="janedoe.jpg" property="image" alt="Photo of Jane Joe"/>
<span property="jobTitle">Professor</span>
<div property="address" typeof="PostalAddress">
<span property="streetAddress">
20341 Whitworth Institute
405 N. Whitworth
</span>
<span property="addressLocality">Seattle</span>,
<span property="addressRegion">WA</span>
<span property="postalCode">98052</span>
</div>
<span property="telephone">(425) 123-4567</span>
<a href="mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu" property="email">
jane-doe@xyz.edu</a>
Jane's home page:
<a href="http://www.janedoe.com" property="url">janedoe.com</a>
Graduate students:
<a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html" property="colleague">
Alice Jones</a>
<a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html" property="colleague">
Bob Smith</a>
</div>
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "http://schema.org",
"@type": "Person",
"address": {
"@type": "PostalAddress",
"addressLocality": "Seattle",
"addressRegion": "WA",
"postalCode": "98052",
"streetAddress": "20341 Whitworth Institute 405 N. Whitworth"
},
"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"
}
</script>
<div>
<h2>Shostakovich Leningrad</h2>
<div>
<div>May<span>23</span></div>
<div>8:00 PM</div>
<div>
<strong>Britten, Shostakovich</strong>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p>Jaap van Zweden conducts two World War II-era pieces showcasing the glorious sound of the CSO.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Program</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Grimes" />
<span><strong>Britten</strong> Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from <em>Peter Grimes</em></span>
</li>
<li>
<link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._7_(Shostakovich)" />
<span><strong>Shostakovich</strong> Symphony No. 7 <em>(Leningrad)</em></span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Performers</h3>
<div>
<img src="/examples/cso_c_logo_s.jpg" alt="Chicago Symphony Orchestra" />
<link href="http://cso.org/" />
<link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra" />
<div>
<a href="examples/Performer?id=4434">Chicago Symphony Orchestra</a>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<link href="http://www.jaapvanzweden.com/" />
<img src="/examples/jvanzweden_s.jpg" alt="Jaap van Zweden"/>
<div>
<a href="/examples/Performer.aspx?id=11324">Jaap van Zweden</a>
</div>
<div>conductor</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicEvent">
<div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicVenue">
<meta itemprop="name" content="Chicago Symphony Center"/>
<link itemprop="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_Center"/>
<meta itemprop="address" content="220 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois, USA"/>
</div>
<div itemprop="offers" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">
<link itemprop="url" href="/examples/ticket/12341234" />
<meta itemprop="price" content="40"/>
<meta itemprop="priceCurrency" content="USD" />
<meta itemprop="availability" href="http://schema.org/InStock"/>
</div>
<h2 itemprop="name">Shostakovich Leningrad</h2>
<div>
<div itemprop="startDate" content="2014-05-23T20:00">May<span>23</span></div>
<div>8:00 PM</div>
<div>
<strong>Britten, Shostakovich</strong>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p>Jaap van Zweden conducts two World War II-era pieces showcasing the glorious sound of the CSO.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Program</h3>
<ul>
<li itemprop="workPerformed" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">
<link itemprop="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Grimes" />
<span itemprop="name"><strong>Britten</strong> Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from <em itemprop="name">Peter Grimes</em></span>
</li>
<li itemprop="workPerformed" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">
<link itemprop="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._7_(Shostakovich)" />
<span itemprop="name"><strong>Shostakovich</strong> Symphony No. 7 <em>(Leningrad)</em></span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Performers</h3>
<div itemprop="performer" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup">
<img src="/examples/cso_c_logo_s.jpg" alt="Chicago Symphony Orchestra" />
<link itemprop="sameAs" href="http://cso.org/" />
<link itemprop="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra" />
<div>
<a href="examples/Performer?id=4434"><span itemprop="name">Chicago Symphony Orchestra</span></a>
</div>
</div>
<div itemprop="performer" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
<link itemprop="sameAs" href="http://www.jaapvanzweden.com/" />
<img itemprop="image" src="/examples/jvanzweden_s.jpg" alt="Jaap van Zweden"/>
<div>
<a href="/examples/Performer.aspx?id=11324"><span itemprop="name">Jaap van Zweden</span></a>
</div>
<div>conductor</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="MusicEvent">
<div property="location" typeof="MusicVenue">
<meta property="name" content="Chicago Symphony Center"/>
<link property="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_Center"/>
<meta property="address" content="220 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois, USA"/>
</div>
<div property="offers" typeof="Offer">
<link property="url" href="/examples/ticket/12341234"/>
<meta property="price" content="40"/>
<meta property="priceCurrency" content="USD" />
<meta property="availability" href="http://schema.org/InStock"/>
</div>
<h2 property="name">Shostakovich Leningrad</h2>
<div>
<div property="startDate" content="2014-05-23T20:00">May<span>23</span></div>
<div>8:00 PM</div>
<div>
<strong>Britten, Shostakovich</strong>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p>Jaap van Zweden conducts two World War II-era pieces showcasing the glorious sound of the CSO.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Program</h3>
<ul>
<li property="workPerformed" typeof="CreativeWork">
<link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Grimes" property="sameAs"/>
<span property="name"><strong>Britten</strong> Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from <em property="name">Peter Grimes</em></span>
</li>
<li property="workPerformed" typeof="CreativeWork">
<link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._7_(Shostakovich)" property="sameAs"/>
<span property="name"><strong>Shostakovich</strong> Symphony No. 7 <em>(Leningrad)</em></span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Performers</h3>
<div property="performer" typeof="MusicGroup">
<img src="/examples/cso_c_logo_s.jpg" alt="Chicago Symphony Orchestra"/>
<link href="http://cso.org/" property="sameAs"/>
<link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra" property="sameAs"/>
<a property="name" href="examples/Performer?id=4434">Chicago Symphony Orchestra</a>
</div>
<div property="performer" typeof="Person">
<link href="http://www.jaapvanzweden.com/" property="sameAs"/>
<img src="/examples/jvanzweden_s.jpg" alt="Jaap van Zweden" property="image"/>
<a property="name" href="/examples/Performer.aspx?id=11324">Jaap van Zweden</a>
<div>conductor</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "http://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": "http://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)"
}
]
}
</script>
A JSON example of an OrganizationRole, showing information about a 'member' of a 'SportsTeam', including time qualfiers (when he began and ended that role).
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam">
<span itemprop="name">San Francisco 49ers</span>
<div itemprop="member" itemscope
itemtype="http://schema.org/OrganizationRole">
<div itemprop="member" itemscope
itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
<span itemprop="name">Joe Montana</span>
</div>
<span itemprop="startDate">1979</span>
<span itemprop="endDate">1992</span>
<span itemprop="roleName">Quarterback</span>
</div>
<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="SportsTeam">
<span property="name">San Francisco 49ers</span>
<div property="member" typeof="OrganizationRole">
<div property="member" typeof="http://schema.org/Person">
<span property="name">Joe Montana</span>
</div>
<span property="startDate">1979</span>
<span property="endDate">1992</span>
<span property="roleName">Quarterback</span>
</div>
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "http://schema.org",
"@type": "SportsTeam",
"name": "San Francisco 49ers",
"member": {
"@type": "OrganizationRole",
"member": {
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Joe Montana"
},
"startDate": "1979",
"endDate": "1992",
"roleName": "Quarterback"
}
}
</script>
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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<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "http://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",
"inLanguage": "EN",
"publisher": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "Northern Songs, Ltd.",
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