Role - Schema.org Type

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">  <head> <title>Role - Schema.org Type</title> <meta charset="utf-8" > <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <meta name="description" content="Schema.org Type: Role - Represents additional information about a relationship or property. For example a Role can be used to say that a 'member' role linking some SportsTeam to a player occurred during a particular time period. Or that a Person's 'actor' role in a Movie was for some particular characterName. Such properties can be attached to a Role entity, which is then associated with the main entities using ordinary properties like 'member' or 'actor'.<br/><br/> See also <a href="http://blog.schema.org/2014/06/introducing-role.html">blog post</a>." /> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="/docs/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/schemaorg.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/devnote.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/prettify.css" /> <script src="/docs/prettify.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/docs/schemaorg.js"></script>  <script src="/docs/sdotermpage.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/sdotermpage.css" /> <script src="/docs/pretty-markup/schemarama-parsing.bundle.min.js"></script> <script src="/docs/pretty-markup/layout.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/pretty-markup/style.css" /> <script src="/docs/clipboard/clipboard.min.js"></script> <link rel="canonical" href="https://schema.org/Role" /> </head> <body>   <div class="devnote"><b>Note</b>: You are viewing the development version of <a href="https://schema.org">Schema.org</a>. 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For example a Role can be used to say that a 'member' role linking some SportsTeam to a player occurred during a particular time period. Or that a Person's 'actor' role in a Movie was for some particular characterName. Such properties can be attached to a Role entity, which is then associated with the main entities using ordinary properties like 'member' or 'actor'.<br/><br/> See also <a href="http://blog.schema.org/2014/06/introducing-role.html">blog post</a>.</div> </div>     <table class="definition-table"> <thead> <tr><th>Property</th><th>Expected Type</th><th>Description</th></tr> </thead>  <tr class="supertype"><th class="supertype-name" colspan="3">Properties from <a href="/Role" class="core" title="Role">Role</a></th></tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/endDate" class="core" title="endDate">endDate</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/Date" class="core" title="Date">Date</a>  or <br/> <a href="/DateTime" class="core" title="DateTime">DateTime</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">The end date and time of the item (in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601">ISO 8601 date format</a>). </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/roleName" class="core" title="roleName">roleName</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a>  or <br/> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">A role played, performed or filled by a person or organization. For example, the team of creators for a comic book might fill the roles named 'inker', 'penciller', and 'letterer'; or an athlete in a SportsTeam might play in the position named 'Quarterback'. Supersedes <a href="/namedPosition" class="core" title="namedPosition">namedPosition</a>. </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/startDate" class="core" title="startDate">startDate</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/Date" class="core" title="Date">Date</a>  or <br/> <a href="/DateTime" class="core" title="DateTime">DateTime</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">The start date and time of the item (in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601">ISO 8601 date format</a>). </td> </tr>   <tr class="supertype"><th class="supertype-name" colspan="3">Properties from <a href="/Thing" class="core" title="Thing">Thing</a></th></tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/additionalType" class="core" title="additionalType">additionalType</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a>  or <br/> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">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 <a href="https://schema.org/docs/styleguide.html">style guide</a>. </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/alternateName" class="core" title="alternateName">alternateName</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">An alias for the item. </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/description" class="core" title="description">description</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a>  or <br/> <a href="/TextObject" class="core" title="TextObject">TextObject</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">A description of the item. </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/disambiguatingDescription" class="core" title="disambiguatingDescription">disambiguatingDescription</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">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. </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/identifier" class="core" title="identifier">identifier</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/PropertyValue" class="core" title="PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a>  or <br/> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a>  or <br/> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of <a class="localLink" href="/Thing">Thing</a>, 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 <a href="/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg">background notes</a> for more details. </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/image" class="core" title="image">image</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/ImageObject" class="core" title="ImageObject">ImageObject</a>  or <br/> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">An image of the item. This can be a <a class="localLink" href="/URL">URL</a> or a fully described <a class="localLink" href="/ImageObject">ImageObject</a>. </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/mainEntityOfPage" class="core" title="mainEntityOfPage">mainEntityOfPage</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/CreativeWork" class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>  or <br/> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See <a href="/docs/datamodel.html#mainEntityBackground">background notes</a> for details. <br/>Inverse property: <a href="/mainEntity" class="core" title="mainEntity">mainEntity</a> </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/name" class="core" title="name">name</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">The name of the item. </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/potentialAction" class="core" title="potentialAction">potentialAction</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/Action" class="core" title="Action">Action</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/sameAs" class="core" title="sameAs">sameAs</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">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. </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/subjectOf" class="core" title="subjectOf">subjectOf</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/CreativeWork" class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>  or <br/> <a href="/Event" class="core" title="Event">Event</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing. <br/>Inverse property: <a href="/about" class="core" title="about">about</a> </td> </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code> <a href="/url" class="core" title="url">url</a></code></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">URL of the item. </td> </tr> </table>    <br/> <div id="subtypes" title="Subtypes" class="jumptarget" title="Value for"><h4>More specific Types</h4></div> <ul> <li> <a href="/LinkRole" class="ext ext-pending" title="LinkRole">LinkRole</a></li> <li> <a href="/OrganizationRole" class="core" title="OrganizationRole">OrganizationRole</a></li> <li> <a href="/PerformanceRole" class="core" title="PerformanceRole">PerformanceRole</a></li> </ul>     <div id="examplespannel" class="jumptarget" title="Examples"> <h3>Examples</h3> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0203" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0203 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0203" title="Link: #eg-0203" href="#eg-0203" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 1</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0203">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-0203 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 "> A basic Role example in JSON that shows how to qualify the 'member' property by adding an intermediate Role entity. </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0203 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/Organization"> <span itemprop="name">Cryptography Users</span> <div itemprop="member" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/OrganizationRole"> <div itemprop="member" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"> <span itemprop="name">Alice</span> </div> <span itemprop="startDate">1977</span> </div> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0203 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="Organization"> <span property="name">Cryptography Users</span> <div property="member" typeof="OrganizationRole"> <div property="member" typeof="Person"> <span property="name">Alice</span> </div> <span property="startDate">1977</span> </div> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0203 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 "> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "Cryptography Users", "member": { "@type": "OrganizationRole", "member": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice" }, "startDate": "1977" } } </script> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0203 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0203"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div> <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0203" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div> <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0203"></div> </div> <div class="payload eg-0203" style="display: none;">{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "Cryptography Users", "member": { "@type": "OrganizationRole", "member": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice" }, "startDate": "1977" } }</div> </div> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0204" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0204 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0204" title="Link: #eg-0204" href="#eg-0204" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 2</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0204">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-0204 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 "> A JSON example of an OrganizationRole being used to qualify the 'alumniOf' property (which is inverseOf 'alumni'). Note that we use startDate to indicate when the alumniOf situation began, which was the date of leaving the organization. </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0204 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/Person"> <span itemprop="name">Delia Derbyshire</span> <link itemprop="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire"> <div itemprop="alumniOf" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/OrganizationRole"> <div itemprop="alumniOf" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CollegeOrUniversity"> <span itemprop="name">University of Cambridge</span> <link itemprop="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge"> </div> <span itemprop="startDate">1959</span> </div> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0204 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="Person"> <span property="name">Delia Derbyshire</span> <link property="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire"> <div property="alumniOf" typeof="OrganizationRole"> <div property="alumniOf" typeof="CollegeOrUniversity"> <span property="name">University of Cambridge</span> <link property="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge"> </div> <span property="startDate">1959</span> </div> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0204 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 "> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Delia Derbyshire", "sameAs": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire", "alumniOf": { "@type": "OrganizationRole", "alumniOf": { "@type": "CollegeOrUniversity", "name": "University of Cambridge", "sameAs": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" }, "startDate": "1959" } } </script> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0204 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0204"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div> <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0204" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div> <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0204"></div> </div> <div class="payload eg-0204" style="display: none;">{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Delia Derbyshire", "sameAs": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire", "alumniOf": { "@type": "OrganizationRole", "alumniOf": { "@type": "CollegeOrUniversity", "name": "University of Cambridge", "sameAs": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" }, "startDate": "1959" } }</div> </div> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0205" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0205 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0205" title="Link: #eg-0205" href="#eg-0205" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 3</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0205">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-0205 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 "> A JSON example of a PerformanceRole, in which the Role represents the acting contribution made by Bill Murray in the film Ghostbusters. The Role entity allows us to additional information, such as the character's name that he played in the film. </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0205 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/Movie"> <span itemprop="name">Ghostbusters</span> <link itemprop="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters"/> <div itemprop="actor" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/PerformanceRole"> <div itemprop="actor" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"> <span itemprop="name">Bill Murray</span> </div> <span itemprop="characterName">Dr. Peter Venkman</span> </div> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0205 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="Movie"> <span property="name">Ghostbusters</span> <link property="sameAs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters"/> <div property="actor" typeof="PerformanceRole"> <div property="actor" typeof="Person"> <span property="name">Bill Murray</span> </div> <span property="characterName">Dr. Peter Venkman</span> </div> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0205 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 "> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Movie", "name": "Ghostbusters", "sameAs": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters", "actor": { "@type": "PerformanceRole", "actor": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Murray" }, "characterName": "Dr. Peter Venkman" } } </script> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0205 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0205"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div> <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0205" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div> <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0205"></div> </div> <div class="payload eg-0205" style="display: none;">{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Movie", "name": "Ghostbusters", "sameAs": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters", "actor": { "@type": "PerformanceRole", "actor": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Murray" }, "characterName": "Dr. Peter Venkman" } }</div> </div> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0206" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0206 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0206" title="Link: #eg-0206" href="#eg-0206" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 4</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0206">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-0206 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 "> A JSON example of an OrganizationRole, showing information about a 'member' of a 'SportsTeam', including time qualfiers (when he began and ended that role). </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0206 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/SportsTeam"> <span itemprop="name">San Francisco 49ers</span> <div itemprop="member" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/OrganizationRole"> <div itemprop="member" itemscope itemtype="https://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> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0206 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="SportsTeam"> <span property="name">San Francisco 49ers</span> <div property="member" typeof="OrganizationRole"> <div property="member" typeof="https://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> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0206 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 "> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "SportsTeam", "name": "San Francisco 49ers", "member": { "@type": "OrganizationRole", "member": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joe Montana" }, "startDate": "1979", "endDate": "1992", "roleName": "Quarterback" } } </script> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0206 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0206"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div> <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0206" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div> <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0206"></div> </div> <div class="payload eg-0206" style="display: none;">{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "SportsTeam", "name": "San Francisco 49ers", "member": { "@type": "OrganizationRole", "member": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joe Montana" }, "startDate": "1979", "endDate": "1992", "roleName": "Quarterback" } }</div> </div> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0250" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0250 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0250" title="Link: #eg-0250" href="#eg-0250" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 5</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0250">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='jsonld' class=''>JSON-LD</a> <a data-selects='structure' class='extabs'>Structure</a> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0250 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 "> See JSON example. </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0250 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 "> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Einstein", "hasOccupation": [ { "@type": "Role", "hasOccupation": { "@type": "Occupation", "name": "Patent examiner", "occupationalCategory": "23-2099.00" }, "startDate": "1901", "endDate": "1906" }, { "@type": "Occupation", "name": "Professor of Physics", "educationRequirements": "PhD in Physics" } ] } </script> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0250 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0250"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div> <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0250" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div> <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0250"></div> </div> <div class="payload eg-0250" style="display: none;">{ "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Einstein", "hasOccupation": [ { "@type": "Role", "hasOccupation": { "@type": "Occupation", "name": "Patent examiner", "occupationalCategory": "23-2099.00" }, "startDate": "1901", "endDate": "1906" }, { "@type": "Occupation", "name": "Professor of Physics", "educationRequirements": "PhD in Physics" } ] }</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> 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