EntryPoint

Thing > Intangible > EntryPoint

An entry point, within some Web-based protocol.

Usage: Between 250,000 and 500,000 domains
PropertyExpected TypeDescription
Properties from EntryPoint
actionApplication SoftwareApplication An application that can complete the request. Supersedes application.
actionPlatform Text  or
URL 		The high level platform(s) where the Action can be performed for the given URL. To specify a specific application or operating system instance, use actionApplication.
contentType Text The supported content type(s) for an EntryPoint response.
encodingType Text The supported encoding type(s) for an EntryPoint request.
httpMethod Text An HTTP method that specifies the appropriate HTTP method for a request to an HTTP EntryPoint. Values are capitalized strings as used in HTTP.
urlTemplate Text An url template (RFC6570) that will be used to construct the target of the execution of the action.
Properties from Thing
additionalType 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.
alternateName Text An alias for the item.
description Text 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.
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, Freebase page, or official website.
url URL URL of the item.


Instances of EntryPoint may appear as values for the following properties
PropertyOn TypesDescription
target Action Indicates a target EntryPoint for an Action.

Acknowledgement

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

Example 1
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
A Restaurant named "Tartine Bakery" with a ViewAction as a
potentialAction, with several target endpoints including
the simple url http://example.com/player?id=123 and
full EntryPoint descriptions for Windows and iOS SoftwareApplication
apps.

This example is JSON only.

This example is JSON only.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Tartine Bakery",
  "potentialAction": {
    "@type": "ViewAction",
    "target": [
      "http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/6/92204",
      {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "http://api.urbanspoon.com/r/6/92204",
        "contentType": "application/json+ld"
      },
      "android-app://com.urbanspoon/http/www.urbanspoon.com/r/6/92204",
      {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "urbanspoon://r/6/92204",
        "actionApplication": {
          "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
          "@id": "284708449",
          "name": "Urbanspoon iPhone & iPad App",
          "operatingSystem": "iOS"
        }
      },
      {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "urbanspoon://r/6/92204",
        "actionApplication": {
          "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
          "@id": "5b23b738-bb64-4829-9296-5bcb59bb0d2d",
          "name": "Windows Phone App",
          "operatingSystem": "Windows Phone 8"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
</script>

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