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See <a href="/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg">background notes</a> for more details.</div> </div>  <div class="jumptarget" id="values" title="Values"> <h3>Values expected to be one of these types</h3> <code><ul> <li> <a href="/PropertyValue" class="core" title="PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a></li> <li> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a></li> <li> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></li> </code></ul> </div> <div class="jumptarget" id="types" title="Used on"> <h3>Used on these types</h3> <code><ul> <li> <a href="/Thing" class="core" title="Thing">Thing</a></li> </code></ul> </div>   <br/> <div id="subtypes" title="Sub-properties" class="jumptarget" title="Value for"><h4>Sub-properties</h4></div> <ul> <li> <a href="/accountId" class="core" title="accountId">accountId</a></li> <li> <a href="/asin" class="ext ext-pending" title="asin">asin</a></li> <li> <a href="/callSign" class="ext ext-pending" title="callSign">callSign</a></li> <li> <a href="/confirmationNumber" class="core" title="confirmationNumber">confirmationNumber</a></li> <li> <a href="/duns" class="core" title="duns">duns</a></li> <li> <a href="/editEIDR" class="ext ext-pending" title="editEIDR">editEIDR</a></li> <li> <a href="/flightNumber" class="core" title="flightNumber">flightNumber</a></li> <li> <a href="/globalLocationNumber" class="core" title="globalLocationNumber">globalLocationNumber</a></li> <li> <a href="/gtin" class="ext ext-pending" title="gtin">gtin</a></li> <li> <a href="/gtin12" class="core" title="gtin12">gtin12</a></li> <li> <a href="/gtin13" class="core" title="gtin13">gtin13</a></li> <li> <a href="/gtin14" class="core" title="gtin14">gtin14</a></li> <li> <a href="/gtin8" class="core" title="gtin8">gtin8</a></li> <li> <a href="/hasGS1DigitalLink" class="ext ext-pending" title="hasGS1DigitalLink">hasGS1DigitalLink</a></li> <li> <a href="/isbn" class="core" title="isbn">isbn</a></li> <li> <a href="/issn" class="core" title="issn">issn</a></li> <li> <a href="/legislationIdentifier" class="ext ext-pending" title="legislationIdentifier">legislationIdentifier</a></li> <li> <a href="/leiCode" class="core" title="leiCode">leiCode</a></li> <li> <a href="/nsn" class="ext ext-pending" title="nsn">nsn</a></li> <li> <a href="/orderNumber" class="core" title="orderNumber">orderNumber</a></li> <li> <a href="/productID" class="core" title="productID">productID</a></li> <li> <a href="/serialNumber" class="core" title="serialNumber">serialNumber</a></li> <li> <a href="/sku" class="core" title="sku">sku</a></li> <li> <a href="/taxID" class="core" title="taxID">taxID</a></li> <li> <a href="/titleEIDR" class="ext ext-pending" title="titleEIDR">titleEIDR</a></li> <li> <a href="/usNPI" class="ext ext-pending" title="usNPI">usNPI</a></li> </ul>     <div id="examplespannel" class="jumptarget" title="Examples"> <h3>Examples</h3> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0372" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0372 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0372" title="Link: #eg-0372" href="#eg-0372" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 1</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0372">Copied</span> </div> </div> <div class='ds-selector-tabs ds-selector'> <div class='selectors'> <a data-selects='original_html' class='selected'>No Markup</a> <a data-selects='microdata' class=''>Microdata</a> <a data-selects='rdfa' class=''>RDFa</a> <a data-selects='jsonld' class=''>JSON-LD</a> <a data-selects='structure' class='extabs'>Structure</a> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0372 original_html selected"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example notes or example HTML without markup.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <p> Title: Library linked data in the cloud : OCLC's experiments with new models of resource description<br/> Author: Carol Jean Godby<br/> ISBN: 9781627052191<br/> oclcnum: 889647468<br/> Details: <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468">WorldCat.org</a> </p> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0372 microdata "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_(HTML)">Microdata</a> embedded in HTML.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Book"> Title: <span itemprop="name">Library linked data in the cloud : OCLC's experiments with new models of resource description</span><br> Author: <span itemprop="author">Carol Jean Godby</span><br> ISBN: <span itemprop="isbn">9781627052191</span><br> <div itemscope itemprop="identifier" itemtype="https://schema.org/PropertyValue"> <span itemprop="propertyID">OCoLC</span>: <span itemprop="value">889647468</span> </div><br> Details: <a itemprop="sameAs" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468">WorldCat.org</a> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0372 rdfa "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa">RDFa</a> embedded in HTML.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="Book"> Title: <span property="name">Library linked data in the cloud : OCLC's experiments with new models of resource description</span><br> Author: <span property="author">Carol Jean Godby</span><br> ISBN: <span property="isbn">9781627052191</span><br> <div property="identifier" typeof="PropertyValue"> <span property="propertyID">OCoLC</span>: <span property="value">889647468</span> </div> </div> <br> Details: <a property="sameAs" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468">WorldCat.org</a> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0372 jsonld "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD">JSON-LD</a> in a HTML script tag.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> { "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "Book", "name": "Library linked data in the cloud : OCLC's experiments with new models of resource description", "author": "Carol Jean Godby", "isbn": "9781627052191", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "OCoLC", "value": "889647468" }, "sameAs": "http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468" } </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0372 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0372"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div> <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0372" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div> <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0372"></div> </div> <div class="payload eg-0372" style="display: none;">{ "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "Book", "name": "Library linked data in the cloud : OCLC's experiments with new models of resource description", "author": "Carol Jean Godby", "isbn": "9781627052191", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "OCoLC", "value": "889647468" }, "sameAs": "http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/889647468" }</div> </div> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0373" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0373 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0373" title="Link: #eg-0373" href="#eg-0373" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 2</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0373">Copied</span> </div> </div> <div class='ds-selector-tabs ds-selector'> <div class='selectors'> <a data-selects='original_html' class='selected'>No Markup</a> <a data-selects='microdata' class=''>Microdata</a> <a data-selects='rdfa' class=''>RDFa</a> <a data-selects='jsonld' class=''>JSON-LD</a> <a data-selects='structure' class='extabs'>Structure</a> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0373 original_html selected"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example notes or example HTML without markup.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <div"> Company Record <h1>A UK Organization Ltd</h1> Registered office address: 1 A Street, London<br/> Company Number: 99065782 </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0373 microdata "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_(HTML)">Microdata</a> embedded in HTML.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/LocalBusiness"> Company Record <h1 itemprop="name">A UK Organization Ltd</h1> Registered office address: <span itemprop="address">1 A Street, London</span><br> <div itemscope="" itemprop="identifier" itemptype="https://schema.org/PropertyValue"> <span itemprop="propertyID">Company Number</span>: <span itemprop="value">99065782</span> </div><br> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0373 rdfa "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa">RDFa</a> embedded in HTML.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> <div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="LocalBusiness"> Company Record <h1 property="name"> A UK Organization Ltd</h1> Registered office address: <span property="address">1 A Street, London</span><br> <div property="identifier" typeof="PropertyValue"> <span property="propertyID">Company Number</span>: <span property="value">99065782</span> </div><br> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0373 jsonld "> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD">JSON-LD</a> in a HTML script tag.</div> <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource "> { "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "LocalBusiness", "name": "A UK Organization Ltd", "address": "1 A Street, London", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "Company Number", "value": "99065782" } } </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0373 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0373"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div> <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0373" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div> <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0373"></div> </div> <div class="payload eg-0373" style="display: none;">{ "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "LocalBusiness", "name": "A UK Organization Ltd", "address": "1 A Street, London", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "Company Number", "value": "99065782" } }</div> </div> </div> </div>   <div id="footer"> <p><a href="/docs/terms.html">Terms and conditions</a></p> <div id="versioninfo"> <span class="sep">•</span> Schema.org <span class="sep">•</span> V28.1 <span 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