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        <h1>DefinedTerm</h1>
        <em>A Schema.org Type</em>
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    <div class="description">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.</div>
        
    
        
    
	
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	<table class="definition-table">
	    <thead>
	      <tr><th>Property</th><th>Expected Type</th><th>Description</th></tr>
	  </thead>
	  <!-- Properties for Term: DefinedTerm-->


    
        <tr class="supertype"><th class="supertype-name" colspan="3">Properties from 
    
    
    <a href="/DefinedTerm"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="DefinedTerm">DefinedTerm</a></th></tr>
    
	
        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/inDefinedTermSet"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="inDefinedTermSet">inDefinedTermSet</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/DefinedTermSet"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="DefinedTermSet">DefinedTermSet</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
                
    
    
    <a href="/URL"  
        class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">A <a class="localLink" href="/DefinedTermSet">DefinedTermSet</a> that contains this term.
                
                
                
            </td>
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/termCode"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="termCode">termCode</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/Text"  
        class="core" title="Text">Text</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">A code that identifies this <a class="localLink" href="/DefinedTerm">DefinedTerm</a> within a <a class="localLink" href="/DefinedTermSet">DefinedTermSet</a>
                
                
                
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        <tr class="supertype"><th class="supertype-name" colspan="3">Properties from 
    
    
    <a href="/Thing"  
        class="core" title="Thing">Thing</a></th></tr>
    
	
        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/additionalType"  
        class="core" title="additionalType">additionalType</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/URL"  
        class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">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.
                
                
                
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/alternateName"  
        class="core" title="alternateName">alternateName</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/Text"  
        class="core" title="Text">Text</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">An alias for the item.
                
                
                
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/description"  
        class="core" title="description">description</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/Text"  
        class="core" title="Text">Text</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">A description of the item.
                
                
                
            </td>
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/disambiguatingDescription"  
        class="core" title="disambiguatingDescription">disambiguatingDescription</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/Text"  
        class="core" title="Text">Text</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">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.
                
                
                
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/identifier"  
        class="core" title="identifier">identifier</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/PropertyValue"  
        class="core" title="PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
                
    
    
    <a href="/Text"  
        class="core" title="Text">Text</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
                
    
    
    <a href="/URL"  
        class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of <a class="localLink" href="/Thing">Thing</a>, 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 <a href="/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg">background notes</a> for more details.
                
                
                
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/image"  
        class="core" title="image">image</a></code></th>
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    <a href="/ImageObject"  
        class="core" title="ImageObject">ImageObject</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
                
    
    
    <a href="/URL"  
        class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">An image of the item. This can be a <a class="localLink" href="/URL">URL</a> or a fully described <a class="localLink" href="/ImageObject">ImageObject</a>.
                
                
                
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/mainEntityOfPage"  
        class="core" title="mainEntityOfPage">mainEntityOfPage</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
                
    
    
    <a href="/URL"  
        class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See <a href="/docs/datamodel.html#mainEntityBackground">background notes</a> for details.
                
                
                <br/>Inverse property: 
    
    
    <a href="/mainEntity"  
        class="core" title="mainEntity">mainEntity</a>
            </td>
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/name"  
        class="core" title="name">name</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/Text"  
        class="core" title="Text">Text</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">The name of the item.
                
                
                
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/potentialAction"  
        class="core" title="potentialAction">potentialAction</a></code></th>
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    <a href="/Action"  
        class="core" title="Action">Action</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
                
                
                
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/sameAs"  
        class="core" title="sameAs">sameAs</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/URL"  
        class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">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.
                
                
                
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    <a href="/subjectOf"  
        class="core" title="subjectOf">subjectOf</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
                
    
    
    <a href="/Event"  
        class="core" title="Event">Event</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
                
                
                <br/>Inverse property: 
    
    
    <a href="/about"  
        class="core" title="about">about</a>
            </td>
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        <tr><th class="prop-nam"><code>
    
    
    <a href="/url"  
        class="core" title="url">url</a></code></th>
            <td class="prop-ect">
                
    
    
    <a href="/URL"  
        class="core" title="URL">URL</a></td>
            <td class="prop-desc">URL of the item.
                
                
                
            </td>
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    <a href="/DefinedTerm"  
        class="core" title="DefinedTerm">DefinedTerm</a>  may appear as a value for the following properties</div>
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    <thead><tr><th>Property</th><th>On Types</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
  
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    <a href="/assesses"  
        class="core" title="assesses">assesses</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/EducationEvent"  
        class="core" title="EducationEvent">EducationEvent</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/LearningResource"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="LearningResource">LearningResource</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">The item being described is intended to assess the competency or learning outcome defined by the referenced term.
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    <a href="/competencyRequired"  
        class="core" title="competencyRequired">competencyRequired</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/EducationalOccupationalCredential"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="EducationalOccupationalCredential">EducationalOccupationalCredential</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/LearningResource"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="LearningResource">LearningResource</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">Knowledge, skill, ability or personal attribute that must be demonstrated by a person or other entity in order to do something such as earn an Educational Occupational Credential or understand a LearningResource.
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  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/creativeWorkStatus"  
        class="core" title="creativeWorkStatus">creativeWorkStatus</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">The status of a creative work in terms of its stage in a lifecycle. Example terms include Incomplete, Draft, Published, Obsolete. Some organizations define a set of terms for the stages of their publication lifecycle.
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  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/credentialCategory"  
        class="core" title="credentialCategory">credentialCategory</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/EducationalOccupationalCredential"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="EducationalOccupationalCredential">EducationalOccupationalCredential</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">The category or type of credential being described, for example "degree”, “certificate”, “badge”, or more specific term.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/educationalLevel"  
        class="core" title="educationalLevel">educationalLevel</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/EducationEvent"  
        class="core" title="EducationEvent">EducationEvent</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/EducationalOccupationalCredential"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="EducationalOccupationalCredential">EducationalOccupationalCredential</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/LearningResource"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="LearningResource">LearningResource</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">The level in terms of progression through an educational or training context. Examples of educational levels include 'beginner', 'intermediate' or 'advanced', and formal sets of level indicators.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/educationalUse"  
        class="core" title="educationalUse">educationalUse</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/LearningResource"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="LearningResource">LearningResource</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">The purpose of a work in the context of education; for example, 'assignment', 'group work'.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/financialAidEligible"  
        class="core" title="financialAidEligible">financialAidEligible</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/EducationalOccupationalProgram"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="EducationalOccupationalProgram">EducationalOccupationalProgram</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">A financial aid type or program which students may use to pay for tuition or fees associated with the program.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/hasDefinedTerm"  
        class="core" title="hasDefinedTerm">hasDefinedTerm</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/DefinedTermSet"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="DefinedTermSet">DefinedTermSet</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">A Defined Term contained in this term set.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/industry"  
        class="core" title="industry">industry</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/JobPosting"  
        class="core" title="JobPosting">JobPosting</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">The industry associated with the job position.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/jobTitle"  
        class="core" title="jobTitle">jobTitle</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/Person"  
        class="core" title="Person">Person</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">The job title of the person (for example, Financial Manager).
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/keywords"  
        class="core" title="keywords">keywords</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/learningResourceType"  
        class="core" title="learningResourceType">learningResourceType</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/LearningResource"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="LearningResource">LearningResource</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">The predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource. For example, 'presentation', 'handout'.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/pattern"  
        class="core" title="pattern">pattern</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/Product"  
        class="core" title="Product">Product</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">A pattern that something has, for example 'polka dot', 'striped', 'Canadian flag'. Values are typically expressed as text, although links to controlled value schemes are also supported.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/physicalRequirement"  
        class="core" title="physicalRequirement">physicalRequirement</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/JobPosting"  
        class="core" title="JobPosting">JobPosting</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">A description of the types of physical activity associated with the job. Defined terms such as those in O*net may be used, but note that there is no way to specify the level of ability as well as its nature when using a defined term.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/programType"  
        class="core" title="programType">programType</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/EducationalOccupationalProgram"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="EducationalOccupationalProgram">EducationalOccupationalProgram</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">The type of educational or occupational program. For example, classroom, internship, alternance, etc..
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/sensoryRequirement"  
        class="core" title="sensoryRequirement">sensoryRequirement</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/JobPosting"  
        class="core" title="JobPosting">JobPosting</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">A description of any sensory requirements and levels necessary to function on the job, including hearing and vision. Defined terms such as those in O*net may be used, but note that there is no way to specify the level of ability as well as its nature when using a defined term.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/size"  
        class="core" title="size">size</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/Product"  
        class="core" title="Product">Product</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">A standardized size of a product or creative work, often simplifying richer information into a simple textual string, either through referring to named sizes or (in the case of product markup), by adopting conventional simplifications. Use of QuantitativeValue with a unitCode or unitText can add more structure; in other cases, the /width, /height, /depth and /weight properties may be more applicable.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/skills"  
        class="core" title="skills">skills</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/JobPosting"  
        class="core" title="JobPosting">JobPosting</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/Occupation"  
        class="core" title="Occupation">Occupation</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">A statement of knowledge, skill, ability, task or any other assertion expressing a competency that is desired or required to fulfill this role or to work in this occupation.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/teaches"  
        class="core" title="teaches">teaches</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/CreativeWork"  
        class="core" title="CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/EducationEvent"  
        class="core" title="EducationEvent">EducationEvent</a>&nbsp; or <br/>
    
    
    <a href="/LearningResource"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="LearningResource">LearningResource</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">The item being described is intended to help a person learn the competency or learning outcome defined by the referenced term.
  </tr> 
  
  

  
  <tr><th class="prop-nam">
    
    
    <a href="/variesBy"  
        class="core" title="variesBy">variesBy</a></th>
      <td class="prop-ect">
    
    
    <a href="/ProductGroup"  
        class="ext ext-pending" title="ProductGroup">ProductGroup</a></td>
      <td class="prop-desc">Indicates the property or properties by which the variants in a <a class="localLink" href="/ProductGroup">ProductGroup</a> vary, e.g. their size, color etc. Schema.org properties can be referenced by their short name e.g. "color"; terms defined elsewhere can be referenced with their URIs.
  </tr> 
  
  
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    	    	<!-- List subs (Subtypes/subproperties/enumeration members/etc.) for Term -->


    
     <br/><b><a  id="subtypes" title="Link: #subtypes" href="#subtypes" class="clickableAnchor" >More specific Types</a></b><ul>
    
	<li>
    
    
    <a href="/CategoryCode"  
        class="core" title="CategoryCode">CategoryCode</a></li>
    
     </ul>
    

        
			
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        <!-- list source references and acknowledgements -->
		


    
	<h4  id="acks">Source</h4>
    
	<p><a href="https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/894">https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/894</a></p>
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Systems Research Engineer at a Software Publishers (NAICS code 511210)
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0287 microdata">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_(HTML)">Microdata</a> embedded in HTML.</div>
  <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource ">
to do
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0287 rdfa">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa">RDFa</a> embedded in HTML.</div>
  <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource ">
to do
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0287 jsonld ">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD">JSON-LD</a> in a HTML script tag.</div>
  <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource ">
&lt;script type=&#34;application/ld+json&#34;&gt;
{
  &#34;@context&#34;: &#34;https://schema.org/&#34;,
  &#34;@type&#34;: &#34;JobPosting&#34;,
  &#34;title&#34;: &#34;Systems Research Engineer&#34;,
  &#34;industry&#34;: {
    &#34;@type&#34;: &#34;DefinedTerm&#34;,
    &#34;termCode&#34;: &#34;511210&#34;,
    &#34;name&#34;: &#34;Software Publishers&#34;,
    &#34;url&#34;: &#34;https://www.naics.com/naics-code-description/?code=511210&#34;
    &#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34;: &#34;NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)&#34;
  }
}
&lt;/script&gt;
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  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div>
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  <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0287"></div>
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  &#34;@context&#34;: &#34;https://schema.org/&#34;,
  &#34;@type&#34;: &#34;JobPosting&#34;,
  &#34;title&#34;: &#34;Systems Research Engineer&#34;,
  &#34;industry&#34;: {
    &#34;@type&#34;: &#34;DefinedTerm&#34;,
    &#34;termCode&#34;: &#34;511210&#34;,
    &#34;name&#34;: &#34;Software Publishers&#34;,
    &#34;url&#34;: &#34;https://www.naics.com/naics-code-description/?code=511210&#34;
    &#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34;: &#34;NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)&#34;
  }
}</div>
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&lt;div&gt;
   &lt;h1&gt;Library of Congress Resource Type: &lt;b&gt;Manuscript&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
   Code: &lt;b&gt;Man&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0314 microdata">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_(HTML)">Microdata</a> embedded in HTML.</div>
  <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource ">
&lt;div itemscope itemtype=&#34;https://schema.org/DefinedTerm&#34;&gt;
   &lt;h1&gt;Library of Congress Resource Type: &lt;b&gt;&lt;span itemprop=&#34;name&#34;&gt;Manuscript&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
   Code: &lt;b&gt;&lt;span itemprop=&#34;termCode&#34;&gt;Man&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;link itemprop=&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34; href=&#34;http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/resourceTypes&#34;/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa">RDFa</a> embedded in HTML.</div>
  <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource ">
&lt;div vocab=&#34;https://schema.org/&#34; typeof=&#34;DefinedTerm&#34;&gt;
   &lt;h1&gt;Library of Congress Resource Type: &lt;b&gt;&lt;span property=&#34;name&#34;&gt;Manuscript&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
   Code: &lt;b&gt;&lt;span property=&#34;termCode&#34;&gt;Man&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;link property=&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34; href=&#34;http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/resourceTypes&#34;/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0314 jsonld ">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD">JSON-LD</a> in a HTML script tag.</div>
  <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource ">
{
 &#34;@context&#34;: &#34;https://schema.org/&#34;,
 &#34;@type&#34;: &#34;DefinedTerm&#34;,
 &#34;termCode&#34;: &#34;Man&#34;,
 &#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34;: &#34;http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/resourceTypes&#34;
}
</pre>
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0314 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0314">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div>
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  <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0314"></div>
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<div class="payload eg-0314" style="display: none;">{
 &#34;@context&#34;: &#34;https://schema.org/&#34;,
 &#34;@type&#34;: &#34;DefinedTerm&#34;,
 &#34;termCode&#34;: &#34;Man&#34;,
 &#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34;: &#34;http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/resourceTypes&#34;
}</div>
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&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
	 &lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;&gt;Ballentine&amp;apos;s Law Dictionary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&lt;h2&gt;Dictionary term&lt;/h2&gt;
		Name: calendar year&lt;br/&gt;
		Description: The period from January 1st to December 31st, inclusive, of any year.&lt;br/&gt;
		In Dictionary: Ballentine&amp;apos;s Law Dictionary
	&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&lt;h2&gt;Dictionary term&lt;/h2&gt;
		Name: schema&lt;br/&gt;
		Description: A representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model.&lt;br/&gt;
		In Dictionary: Ballentine&amp;apos;s Law Dictionary
	&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0315 microdata">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_(HTML)">Microdata</a> embedded in HTML.</div>
  <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource ">
&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;div itemscope itemtype=&#34;https://schema.org/DefinedTermSet&#34;&gt;
	&lt;meta itemprop=&#34;additionalType&#34; content=&#34;https://schema.org/Book&#34;&gt;
	 &lt;h1&gt;&lt;a itemprop=&#34;url&#34; href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;&gt;&lt;span itemprop=&#34;name&#34;&gt;Ballentine&amp;apos;s Law Dictionary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div itemscope itemtype=&#34;https://schema.org/DefinedTerm&#34;&gt;
		&lt;h2&gt;Dictionary term&lt;/h2&gt;
		&lt;link itemprop=&#34;url&#34; href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine/term/calendar-year&#34;/&gt;
		Name: &lt;span itemprop=&#34;name&#34;&gt;calendar year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
		Description: &lt;span itemprop=&#34;description&#34;&gt;The period from January 1st to December 31st, inclusive, of any year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
		In Dictionary: Ballentine&amp;apos;s Law Dictionary
		&lt;link itemprop=&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34; href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div itemscope itemtype=&#34;https://schema.org/DefinedTerm&#34;&gt;
		&lt;h2&gt;Dictionary term&lt;/h2&gt;
		&lt;link itemprop=&#34;url&#34; href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine/term/schema&#34;/&gt;
		Name: &lt;span itemprop=&#34;name&#34;&gt;schema&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
		Description: &lt;span itemprop=&#34;description&#34;&gt;A representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
		In Dictionary: Ballentine&amp;apos;s Law Dictionary
		&lt;link itemprop=&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34; href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div  vocab=&#34;https://schema.org/&#34;&gt;
	&lt;div typeof=&#34;DefinedTermSet Book&#34;&gt;
	 &lt;h1&gt;&lt;a property=&#34;url&#34; href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;&gt;&lt;span property=&#34;name&#34;&gt;Ballentine&amp;apos;s Law Dictionary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div typeof=&#34;DefinedTerm&#34;&gt;
		&lt;h2&gt;Dictionary term&lt;/h2&gt;
		&lt;link property=&#34;url&#34; href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine/term/calendar-year&#34;/&gt;
		Name: &lt;span property=&#34;name&#34;&gt;calendar year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
		Description: &lt;span property=&#34;description&#34;&gt;The period from January 1st to December 31st, inclusive, of any year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
		In Dictionary: Ballentine&amp;apos;s Law Dictionary
		&lt;link property=&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34; href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;div typeof=&#34;DefinedTerm&#34;&gt;
		&lt;h2&gt;Dictionary term&lt;/h2&gt;
		&lt;link propery=&#34;url&#34; href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine/term/schema&#34;/&gt;
		Name: &lt;span property=&#34;name&#34;&gt;schema&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
		Description: &lt;span property=&#34;description&#34;&gt;A representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
		In Dictionary: Ballentine&amp;apos;s Law Dictionary
		&lt;link property=&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34; href=&#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0315 jsonld ">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD">JSON-LD</a> in a HTML script tag.</div>
  <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource ">
[
	{
		&#34;@context&#34;: &#34;https://schema.org/&#34;
	},
	{
		&#34;@type&#34;: [&#34;DefinedTermSet&#34;,&#34;Book&#34;],
		&#34;@id&#34;: &#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;,
		&#34;name&#34;: &#34;Ballentine&#39;s Law Dictionary&#34;
	},
	{
		&#34;@type&#34;: &#34;DefinedTerm&#34;,
		&#34;@id&#34;: &#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine/term/calendar-year&#34;,
		&#34;name&#34;: &#34;calendar year&#34;,
		&#34;description&#34;: &#34;The period from January 1st to December 31st, inclusive, of any year.&#34;,
		&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34;: &#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;
	},
	{
		&#34;@type&#34;: &#34;DefinedTerm&#34;,
		&#34;@id&#34;: &#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine/term/schema&#34;,
		&#34;name&#34;: &#34;schema&#34;,
		&#34;description&#34;: &#34;A representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model.&#34;,
		&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34;: &#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;
	}
]
</pre>
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0315 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0315">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div>
  <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0315" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div>
  <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0315"></div>
</div>


<div class="payload eg-0315" style="display: none;">[
	{
		&#34;@context&#34;: &#34;https://schema.org/&#34;
	},
	{
		&#34;@type&#34;: [&#34;DefinedTermSet&#34;,&#34;Book&#34;],
		&#34;@id&#34;: &#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;,
		&#34;name&#34;: &#34;Ballentine&#39;s Law Dictionary&#34;
	},
	{
		&#34;@type&#34;: &#34;DefinedTerm&#34;,
		&#34;@id&#34;: &#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine/term/calendar-year&#34;,
		&#34;name&#34;: &#34;calendar year&#34;,
		&#34;description&#34;: &#34;The period from January 1st to December 31st, inclusive, of any year.&#34;,
		&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34;: &#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;
	},
	{
		&#34;@type&#34;: &#34;DefinedTerm&#34;,
		&#34;@id&#34;: &#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine/term/schema&#34;,
		&#34;name&#34;: &#34;schema&#34;,
		&#34;description&#34;: &#34;A representation of a plan or theory in the form of an outline or model.&#34;,
		&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34;: &#34;http://openjurist.org/dictionary/Ballentine&#34;
	}
]</div>
</div>



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    <a data-selects='microdata' class=''>Microdata</a>
    <a data-selects='rdfa' class=''>RDFa</a>
    <a data-selects='jsonld' class=''>JSON-LD</a>
    <a data-selects='structure' class='extabs'>Structure</a>
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  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example notes or example HTML without markup.</div>
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&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;h1&gt;Occupation Term defined by &lt;a href=&#34;http://onetonline.org&#34;&gt;O*Net Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
	&lt;h2&gt;51-6042.00 - Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders&lt;/h2&gt;
	Operate or tend a variety of machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0316 microdata">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_(HTML)">Microdata</a> embedded in HTML.</div>
  <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource ">
&lt;div itemscope itemtype=&#34;https://schema.org/DefinedTerm&#34;&gt;
	&lt;h1&gt;Occupation Term defined by &lt;a itemprop=&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34; href=&#34;http://onetonline.org&#34;&gt;O*Net Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
	&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span itemprop=&#34;termCode&#34;&gt;51-6042.00&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span itemprop=&#34;name&#34;&gt;Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
	&lt;span itemprop=&#34;description&#34;&gt;Operate or tend a variety of machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
</div>

<div class="ds-tab eg-0316 rdfa">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa">RDFa</a> embedded in HTML.</div>
  <pre class="ds-tab-content prettyprint lang-html linenums clipsource ">
&lt;div vocab=&#34;https://schema.org/&#34; typeof=&#34;DefinedTerm&#34;&gt;
	&lt;h1&gt;Occupation Term defined by &lt;a property=&#34;inDefinedTermSet&#34; href=&#34;http://onetonline.org&#34;&gt;O*Net Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
	&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span property=&#34;termCode&#34;&gt;51-6042.00&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span property=&#34;name&#34;&gt;Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
	&lt;span property=&#34;description&#34;&gt;Operate or tend a variety of machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.&lt;/span&gt;
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0316 jsonld ">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Example encoded as <a class="ds-tab-note" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD">JSON-LD</a> in a HTML script tag.</div>
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{
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}
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<div class="ds-tab eg-0316 structure extabs" data-ex="eg-0316">
  <div class="ds-tab-note" >Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.</div>
  <div class="ds-tab-content structureout extabs eg-0316" style="margin-left: 5px;"> </div>
  <div class="structuretext clipsource extabs eg-0316"></div>
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<div class="payload eg-0316" style="display: none;">{
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