DefinedTerm
The schema.org type for a term that has its own identity, used inside knowsAbout so that a claimed subject carries a sameAs to a public identifier instead of sitting there as a bare string. It gives a resolver something to match against Wikidata or a vocabulary.
What DefinedTerm does not show
It is a claim about a subject, not about the organisation: a DefinedTerm pointing at a real Wikidata item does not corroborate the organisation's own identity, and a scanner that counts it as an unreciprocated sameAs on the business is reading the wrong node.
Where DefinedTerm comes up on this site
- Rich Results Test vs Schema Markup Validator vs CrawlCheckTypes Google does not feature (a Service , a Person , a DefinedTerm ) are still read by other systems.
Terms this definition uses
knowsAbout · Subject · sameAs · Wikidata · reciprocated sameAs
Definitions that name DefinedTerm
Related terms in Entities and schema
Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.
invented value · signed business record · listing audit · listing supplier · fix receipt · structured data · JSON-LD · stable @id · entity collision · reciprocated sameAs · sameAs · knowledge graph · entity resolution · entity disambiguation · Wikidata · NAP · local citation · Organization schema · LocalBusiness · FAQPage · structured data validation · @context · agentic knowledge graph · microformats (h-card) · RDF · triple · dangling @id · RDFa and Microdata · founder edge · foundingDate · knowsAbout · unreciprocated profile · entity graph · Person schema · named entity recognition · NAP consistency · NAP schema · name drift · geocoding · rival roots · speakable · FAQPage schema · OpeningHoursSpecification · service area
Questions about DefinedTerm
What is DefinedTerm?
The schema.org type for a term that has its own identity, used inside knowsAbout so that a claimed subject carries a sameAs to a public identifier instead of sitting there as a bare string. It gives a resolver something to match against Wikidata or a vocabulary.
What does DefinedTerm not show or guarantee?
It is a claim about a subject, not about the organisation: a DefinedTerm pointing at a real Wikidata item does not corroborate the organisation's own identity, and a scanner that counts it as an unreciprocated sameAs on the business is reading the wrong node.
Which area of the glossary does DefinedTerm belong to?
Entities and schema: Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.
← entity graph · Person schema →
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