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Class

A Schema.org Type
Defined in the meta section.
A class, also often called a 'Type'; equivalent to rdfs:Class.
PropertyExpected TypeDescription
Properties from Class
supersededBy Class  or
Enumeration  or
Property
Relates a term (i.e. a property, class or enumeration) to one that supersedes it.
Properties from Thing
additionalType Text  or
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 style guide.
alternateName Text An alias for the item.
description Text  or
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.
identifier PropertyValue  or
Text  or
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 for more details.
image ImageObject  or
URL
An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage CreativeWork  or
URL
Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
Inverse property: mainEntity
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, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf CreativeWork  or
Event
A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
Inverse property: about
url URL URL of the item.

Instances of Class may appear as a value for the following properties
PropertyOn TypesDescription
domainIncludes Property Relates a property to a class that is (one of) the type(s) the property is expected to be used on.
populationType StatisticalPopulation  or
StatisticalVariable
Indicates the populationType common to all members of a StatisticalPopulation or all cases within the scope of a StatisticalVariable.
rangeIncludes Property Relates a property to a class that constitutes (one of) the expected type(s) for values of the property.
supersededBy Class  or
Enumeration  or
Property
Relates a term (i.e. a property, class or enumeration) to one that supersedes it.