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Action

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An action performed by a direct agent and indirect participants upon a direct object. Optionally happens at a location with the help of an inanimate instrument. The execution of the action may produce a result. Specific action sub-type documentation specifies the exact expectation of each argument/role.

See also blog post and Actions overview document.
PropertyExpected TypeDescription
Properties from schema:Action
schema:actionStatus schema:ActionStatusType Indicates the current disposition of the Action.
schema:agent schema:Organization  or
schema:Person 		The direct performer or driver of the action (animate or inanimate). e.g. *John* wrote a book.
schema:endTime schema:DateTime The endTime of something. For a reserved event or service (e.g. FoodEstablishmentReservation), the time that it is expected to end. For actions that span a period of time, when the action was performed. e.g. John wrote a book from January to *December*. Note that Event uses startDate/endDate instead of startTime/endTime, even when describing dates with times. This situation may be clarified in future revisions.
schema:error schema:Thing For failed actions, more information on the cause of the failure.
schema:instrument schema:Thing The object that helped the agent perform the action. e.g. John wrote a book with *a pen*.
schema:location schema:Place  or
schema:PostalAddress 		The location of the event, organization or action.
schema:object schema:Thing The object upon the action is carried out, whose state is kept intact or changed. Also known as the semantic roles patient, affected or undergoer (which change their state) or theme (which doesn't). e.g. John read *a book*.
schema:participant schema:Organization  or
schema:Person 		Other co-agents that participated in the action indirectly. e.g. John wrote a book with *Steve*.
schema:result schema:Thing The result produced in the action. e.g. John wrote *a book*.
schema:startTime schema:DateTime The startTime of something. For a reserved event or service (e.g. FoodEstablishmentReservation), the time that it is expected to start. For actions that span a period of time, when the action was performed. e.g. John wrote a book from *January* to December. Note that Event uses startDate/endDate instead of startTime/endTime, even when describing dates with times. This situation may be clarified in future revisions.
schema:target schema:EntryPoint Indicates a target EntryPoint for an Action.
Properties from schema:Thing
schema:additionalType schema: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. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
schema:alternateName schema:Text An alias for the item.
schema:description schema:Text A short description of the item.
schema:image schema:ImageObject  or
schema:URL 		An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
schema:name schema:Text The name of the item.
schema:potentialAction schema:Action Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
schema:sameAs schema:URL URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website.
schema:url schema:URL URL of the item.


Instances of schema:Action may appear as values for the following properties
PropertyOn TypesDescription
schema:potentialAction schema:Thing Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.

More specific Types
  • schema:AchieveAction
  • schema:AssessAction
  • schema:ConsumeAction
  • schema:ControlAction
  • schema:CreateAction
  • schema:FindAction
  • schema:InteractAction
  • schema:MoveAction
  • schema:OrganizeAction
  • schema:PlayAction
  • schema:SearchAction
  • schema:TradeAction
  • schema:TransferAction
  • schema:UpdateAction

    Prefixes used:

  • schema: http://schema.org/

    • Acknowledgements

    The schema.org Actions mechanism benefited from extensive discussions across the Web standards community around W3C, in particular from the Hydra project's community group.

    Examples

    John listened to Pink with Steve at Anna's apartment on his iPod.

    This example is JSON only.

    This example is JSON only.

    <!--  John listened to Pink with Steve at Anna's apartment on his iPod. -->
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "ListenAction",
  "agent": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "John"
  },
  "object": {
    "@type": "MusicGroup",
    "name": "Pink!"
  },
  "participant": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "Steve"
  },
  "location": {
    "@type": "Residence",
    "name": "Ann's apartment"
  },
  "instrument": {
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "iPod"
  }
}
</script>

    John created an exercise plan with Steve.

    This example is JSON only.

    This example is JSON only.

    <!--  John created an exercise plan with Steve. -->
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "CreateAction",
  "agent": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "John"
  },
  "result": {
    "@type": "ExercisePlan",
    "name": "John's weight loss plan"
  },
  "participant": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "Steve"
  }
}
</script>

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