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CategoryCode

A Schema.org Type

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A Category Code.
PropertyExpected TypeDescription
Properties from CategoryCode
codeValue Text A short textual code that uniquely identifies the value.
inCodeSet CategoryCodeSet  or
URL
A CategoryCodeSet that contains this category code.
Properties from DefinedTerm
inDefinedTermSet DefinedTermSet  or
URL
A DefinedTermSet that contains this term.
termCode Text A code that identifies this DefinedTerm within a DefinedTermSet.
Properties from Thing
additionalType Text  or
URL
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 style guide.
alternateName Text An alias for the item.
description Text  or
TextObject
A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription Text 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.
identifier PropertyValue  or
Text  or
URL
The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, 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 background notes for more details.
image ImageObject  or
URL
An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage CreativeWork  or
URL
Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
Inverse property: mainEntity
name Text The name of the item.
potentialAction Action Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs URL 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.
subjectOf CreativeWork  or
Event
A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
Inverse property: about
url URL URL of the item.

Instances of CategoryCode may appear as a value for the following properties
PropertyOn TypesDescription
category ActionAccessSpecification  or
Invoice  or
Offer  or
PhysicalActivity  or
Product  or
Recommendation  or
Service  or
SpecialAnnouncement
A category for the item. Greater signs or slashes can be used to informally indicate a category hierarchy.
hasCategoryCode CategoryCodeSet A Category code contained in this code set.
legislationType Legislation The type of the legislation. Examples of values are "law", "act", "directive", "decree", "regulation", "statutory instrument", "loi organique", "règlement grand-ducal", etc., depending on the country.
occupationalCategory EducationalOccupationalProgram  or
JobPosting  or
Occupation  or
Physician  or
WorkBasedProgram
A category describing the job, preferably using a term from a taxonomy such as BLS O*NET-SOC, ISCO-08 or similar, with the property repeated for each applicable value. Ideally the taxonomy should be identified, and both the textual label and formal code for the category should be provided.

Note: for historical reasons, any textual label and formal code provided as a literal may be assumed to be from O*NET-SOC.

More specific Types

Source

https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/894


Examples

Example 1
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Example notes or example HTML without markup.
<div>
	 <h1 >Defined Values in The Mammal Classification List</h1>
	 <ul>
		<li>Carnivore - A mammal that feeds on other animals</li>
	 </ul>
</div>
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CategoryCodeSet" id="C1">
	 <h1>Defined Values in <span itemprop="name">The Mammal Classification List</span></h1>
	 <ul>
		<li itemprop="hasCategoryCode" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CategoryCode">
			<span itemprop="name">Carnivore</span> - <span itemprop="description">A mammal that feeds on other animals</span>
			<link itemprop="inCodeSet" href="#C1"/>
		</li>
	 </ul>
</div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="CategoryCodeSet" id="C1">
	 <h1>Defined Values in <span property="name">The Mammal Classification List</span></h1>
	 <ul>
		<li property="hasCategoryCode" typeof="CategoryCode">
			<span property="name">Carnivore</span> - <span property="description">A mammal that feeds on other animals</span>
			<link property="inCodeSet" href="#C1"/>
		</li>
	 </ul>
</div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
{
 "@context": "https://schema.org/",
 "@type": "CategoryCodeSet",
 "@id": "_C1",
 "name": "The Mammal Classification List",
 "hasCategoryCode": {
	"@type": "CategoryCode",
	"name": "Carnivore",
	"description": "A mammal that feeds on other animals",
	"inCodeSet": "_C1"
	}
}
Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
Example 2
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Example notes or example HTML without markup.
<div>
	<h1>ISO 639-2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages<h1>
	<h2>Listing of codes:</h2>
	<ul>
		<li>...</li>
		<li>cze</li>
		<li>...</li>
	</ul>
</div>
<div>
	<h2>Czech; tchèque; Tschechisch</h2>
	<h3>From: ISO 639-2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages</h3>
	English: Czech<br/>
	French: tchèque<br/>
	German: Tschechisch<br/>
</div>
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CategoryCodeSet" itemid="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2">
	<h1 itemprop="name">ISO 639-2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages</h1>
	<h2>Listing of codes:</h2>
	<ul>
		<li>...</li>
		<li><span itemprop="hasCategoryCode" itemid="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/cze">cze</span></li>
		<li>...</li>
	</ul>
</div>
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CategoryCode" itemid="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/cze">
	<meta itemprop="codeValue" content="cze">
	<h2>Czech; tchèque; Tschechisch</h2>
	<link itemprop="inCodeSet" href="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2">
	<h3>From: ISO 639-2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages</h3>
	<span itemprop="name" xml:lang="en" content="Czech">English: Czech</span><br/>
	<span itemprop="name" xml:lang="fr" content="tchèque">French: tchèque</span><br/>
	<span itemprop="name" xml:lang="de" content="Tschechisch">German: Tschechisch</span><br/>
</div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="CategoryCodeSet" resource="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2">
	<h1 property="name">ISO 639-2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages</h1>
	<h2>Listing of codes:</h2>
	<ul>
		<li>...</li>
		<li><span property="hasCategoryCode" resource="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/cze">cze</span></li>
		<li>...</li>
	</ul>
</div>
<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="CategoryCode" resource="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/cze">
	<meta property="codeValue" content="cze">
	<h2>Czech; tchèque; Tschechisch</h2>
	<link property="inCodeSet" href="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2">
	<h3>From: ISO 639-2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages</h3>
	<span property="name" xml:lang="en" content="Czech">English: Czech</span><br/>
	<span property="name" xml:lang="fr" content="tchèque">French: tchèque</span><br/>
	<span property="name" xml:lang="de" content="Tschechisch">German: Tschechisch</span><br/>
</div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
[
	{
		"@context": "https://schema.org/"
	},
	{
		"@type": "CategoryCodeSet",
		"@id": "http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2",
		"name": "ISO 639-2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages",
		"hasCategoryCode": "http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/cze"
	},
	{
		"@type": "CategoryCode",
		"@id": "http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/cze",
		"codeValue": "cze",
		"name": {
			"en": "Czech",
			"fr": "tchèque",
			"de": "Tschechisch"
		},
		"inCodeSet": "http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2"
	}
]
Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.