FollowAction

schema:Thing > schema:Action > schema:InteractAction > schema:FollowAction

The act of forming a personal connection with someone/something (object) unidirectionally/asymmetrically to get updates polled from.

Related actions:

BefriendAction: Unlike BefriendAction, FollowAction implies that the connection is *not* necessarily reciprocal.
SubscribeAction: Unlike SubscribeAction, FollowAction implies that the follower acts as an active agent constantly/actively polling for updates.
RegisterAction: Unlike RegisterAction, FollowAction implies that the agent is interested in continuing receiving updates from the object.
JoinAction: Unlike JoinAction, FollowAction implies that the agent is interested in getting updates from the object.
TrackAction: Unlike TrackAction, FollowAction refers to the polling of updates of all aspects of animate objects rather than the location of inanimate objects (e.g. you track a package, but you don't follow it)

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from schema:FollowAction
`schema:followee`	schema:Organization or schema:Person	A sub property of object. The person or organization being followed.
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.

Prefixes used:

schema: http://schema.org/

Examples

John followed Steve on Twitter.

This example is JSON only.

This example is JSON only.

<!-- John followed Steve on Twitter. -->
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "FollowAction",
  "agent": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "John"
  },
  "followee": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "Steve"
  },
  "location": {
    "@type": "Product",
    "name": "Twitter"
  }
}
</script>

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