This type is part of the schema.org pending extension — under review for inclusion in the core vocabulary.
Definition
A word, name, acronym, phrase, etc. with a formal definition. Often used in the context of category or subject classification, glossaries or dictionaries, product or creative work types, etc. Use the name property for the term being defined, use termCode if the term has an alpha-numeric code allocated, use description to provide the definition of the term. Use the about property to specify what the term is about.
Parent Type
Sub-Types (1)
Properties (16)
aboutadditionalTypealternateNamedescriptiondisambiguatingDescriptionidentifierimageinDefinedTermSetmainEntityOfPagenameownerpotentialActionsameAssubjectOftermCodeurl
Authority Source
Graph Edges — Minted Entities Using This Type
As Boise Standard mints entities across the web, every domain that declares DefinedTerm in its schema graph stamps an edge back to this ledger corridor. This page grows over time as the graph accumulates verified provenance.