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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>.</div> <br/><strong>Subproperty of:</strong><ul> <li>rdf:type</li> </ul><br/> </div> <!-- infoblock --> <div class="jumptarget" id="values" title="Values"> <h3>Values expected to be one of these types</h3> <code><ul> <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> <!-- List subtypes/subproperties --> <!-- List subs (Subtypes/subproperties/enumeration members/etc.) for Term --> <!-- list supersedes and superseded references --> <!-- list source references and acknowledgements --> <!-- list examples --> <!-- Examples block for term: additionalType--> <div id="examplespannel" class="jumptarget" title="Examples"> <h3>Examples</h3> <div class="example-head"> <button class="clip clipbutton eg-0393" data-clipboard-target=".ds-tab.selected.eg-0393 .clipsource" title="Copy example to clipboard"> <img src="/docs/clipboard/clippy.svg" width="18" alt="Copy to clipboard" /> </button> <a id="eg-0393" title="Link: #eg-0393" href="#eg-0393" class="clickableAnchor" >Example 1</a> <div class="tooltip"> <span class="tooltiptext eg-0393">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-0393 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 "> <!-- Uses both the "Book" and "Product" item types to support Offer relationships --> <div> <h3>Le concerto</h3> <div> Bibliographic Details <table> <tr> <th>Main Author: </th> <td>Ferchault, Guy</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div> Holdings details from Anytown City Library <table> <!-- Example of a copy available for loan --> <tr> <th>Copy </th> <td>Available <div>Barcode: <span>CONC91000937</span></div> <div>Call number: <span>780 R2</span></div> <div>Library: <span>Anytown City Library</span></div> </td> </tr> <table> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0393 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 "> <!-- Uses both the "Book" and "Product" item types to support Offer relationships --> <div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Book" itemid="#record"> <link itemprop="additionalType" href="https://schema.org/Product"/> <h3 itemprop="name">Le concerto</h3> <div> Bibliographic Details <table> <tr> <th>Main Author: </th> <td itemprop="author">Ferchault, Guy</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div> Holdings details from Anytown City Library <table> <!-- Example of a copy available for loan --> <tr itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Offer"> <th>Copy </th> <td>Available <link itemprop="availability" href="https://schema.org/InStock"> <div>Barcode: <span itemprop="serialNumber">CONC91000937</span></div> <div>Call number: <span itemprop="sku">780 R2</span></div> <div>Library: <span itemprop="offeredBy" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Library" itemid="http://library.anytown.gov.uk" >Anytown City Library</span></div> <link itemprop="businessFunction" href="http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#LeaseOut"> <link itemprop="itemOffered" href="#record"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0393 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 "> <!-- Uses both the "Book" and "Product" item types to support Offer relationships --> <div vocab="https://schema.org/" resource="#record" typeof="Book Product"> <h3 property="name"> Le concerto </h3> <div> Bibliographic Details <table> <tr> <th> Main Author: </th> <td property="author"> Ferchault, Guy </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div> Holdings details from Anytown City Library <table vocab="https://schema.org/"> <!-- Example of a copy available for loan --> <tr typeof="Offer"> <th> Copy </th> <td> Available <div> Barcode: <span property="serialNumber">CONC91000937</span> </div> <div> Call number: <span property="sku">780 R2</span> </div> <div> Library: <span property="offeredBy" typeof="Library" resource="http://library.anytown.gov.uk">Anytown City Library</span> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0393 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/", "@id": "#record", "@type": "Book", "additionalType": "Product", "name": "Le concerto", "author": "Ferchault, Guy", "offers":{ "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "serialNumber": "CONC91000937", "sku": "780 R2", "offeredBy": { "@type": "Library", "@id": "http://library.anytown.gov.uk", "name": "Anytown City Library" }, "businessFunction": "http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#LeaseOut", "itemOffered": "#record" } } </script> </pre> </div> <div class="ds-tab eg-0393 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0393"> <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div> <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0393" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div> <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0393"></div> </div> <div class="payload eg-0393" style="display: none;">{ "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@id": "#record", "@type": "Book", "additionalType": "Product", "name": "Le concerto", "author": "Ferchault, Guy", "offers":{ "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "serialNumber": "CONC91000937", "sku": "780 R2", "offeredBy": { "@type": "Library", "@id": "http://library.anytown.gov.uk", "name": "Anytown City Library" }, "businessFunction": "http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#LeaseOut", "itemOffered": "#record" } }</div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- mainContent --> <!-- Footer start from PageFooter.j2 --> <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 class="sep">|</span> 2024-11-22 </div> </div> 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