JSON-LD-DETAIL

W3C JSON-serialised RDF.

Definition

JSON-LD 1.1 introduces named graphs, type-scoped contexts, property-based contexts, JSON-LD framing. @context, @type, @id, @value are main keywords. Massively adopted by Schema.org for Google SEO. Used in IATA ONE Record, GS1 Digital Link, ActivityPub (Mastodon), DCAT-AP. Tools: pyld, jsonld.js, JSON-LD Playground.

Origin

JSON-LD 1.0 published 16 January 2014 by W3C ; v1.1 published 16 July 2020 ; active specification.

Example in context

An e-commerce product page includes JSON-LD with @context schema.org, @type Product, name, offers, brand ; Google displays rich snippets.

Related terms

• Hydra — JSON-LD hypermedia.