# AlignmentObject - Schema.org Type

> Source: https://schema.org/AlignmentObject
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T15:06:15.432Z

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An intangible item that describes an alignment between a learning resource and a node in an educational framework. Should not be used where the nature of the alignment can be described using a simple property, for example to express that a resource [teaches](https://schema.org/teaches) or [assesses](https://schema.org/assesses) a competency.

Property

Expected Type

Description

Properties from [AlignmentObject](https://schema.org/AlignmentObject "AlignmentObject")

`[alignmentType](https://schema.org/alignmentType "alignmentType")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")

A category of alignment between the learning resource and the framework node. Recommended values include: 'requires', 'textComplexity', 'readingLevel', and 'educationalSubject'.

`[educationalFramework](https://schema.org/educationalFramework "educationalFramework")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")

The framework to which the resource being described is aligned.

`[targetDescription](https://schema.org/targetDescription "targetDescription")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")

The description of a node in an established educational framework.

`[targetName](https://schema.org/targetName "targetName")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")

The name of a node in an established educational framework.

`[targetUrl](https://schema.org/targetUrl "targetUrl")`

[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

The URL of a node in an established educational framework.

Properties from [Thing](https://schema.org/Thing "Thing")

`[additionalType](https://schema.org/additionalType "additionalType")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")  or  
[URL](https://schema.org/URL "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. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org [style guide](https://schema.org/docs/styleguide.html).

`[alternateName](https://schema.org/alternateName "alternateName")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")

An alias for the item.

`[description](https://schema.org/description "description")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")  or  
[TextObject](https://schema.org/TextObject "TextObject")

A description of the item.

`[disambiguatingDescription](https://schema.org/disambiguatingDescription "disambiguatingDescription")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "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.

`[identifier](https://schema.org/identifier "identifier")`

[PropertyValue](https://schema.org/PropertyValue "PropertyValue")  or  
[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")  or  
[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [Thing](https://schema.org/Thing), 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 [background notes](https://schema.org/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg) for more details.

`[image](https://schema.org/image "image")`

[ImageObject](https://schema.org/ImageObject "ImageObject")  or  
[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

An image of the item. This can be a [URL](https://schema.org/URL) or a fully described [ImageObject](https://schema.org/ImageObject).

`[mainEntityOfPage](https://schema.org/mainEntityOfPage "mainEntityOfPage")`

[CreativeWork](https://schema.org/CreativeWork "CreativeWork")  or  
[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See [background notes](https://schema.org/docs/datamodel.html#mainEntityBackground) for details.  
Inverse property: [mainEntity](https://schema.org/mainEntity "mainEntity")

`[name](https://schema.org/name "name")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")

The name of the item.

`[owner](https://schema.org/owner "owner")`

[Organization](https://schema.org/Organization "Organization")  or  
[Person](https://schema.org/Person "Person")

A person or organization who owns this Thing.  
Inverse property: [owns](https://schema.org/owns "owns")

`[potentialAction](https://schema.org/potentialAction "potentialAction")`

[Action](https://schema.org/Action "Action")

Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.

`[sameAs](https://schema.org/sameAs "sameAs")`

[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

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.

`[subjectOf](https://schema.org/subjectOf "subjectOf")`

[CreativeWork](https://schema.org/CreativeWork "CreativeWork")  or  
[Event](https://schema.org/Event "Event")

A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.  
Inverse property: [about](https://schema.org/about "about")

`[url](https://schema.org/url "url")`

[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

URL of the item.

Instances of [AlignmentObject](https://schema.org/AlignmentObject "AlignmentObject") may appear as a value for the following properties

Property

On Types

Description

[coursePrerequisites](https://schema.org/coursePrerequisites "coursePrerequisites")

[Course](https://schema.org/Course "Course")

Requirements for taking the Course. May be completion of another [Course](https://schema.org/Course) or a textual description like "permission of instructor". Requirements may be a pre-requisite competency, referenced using [AlignmentObject](https://schema.org/AlignmentObject).

[educationalAlignment](https://schema.org/educationalAlignment "educationalAlignment")

[CreativeWork](https://schema.org/CreativeWork "CreativeWork")  or  
[LearningResource](https://schema.org/LearningResource "LearningResource")

An alignment to an established educational framework.

This property should not be used where the nature of the alignment can be described using a simple property, for example to express that a resource [teaches](https://schema.org/teaches) or [assesses](https://schema.org/assesses) a competency.

[programPrerequisites](https://schema.org/programPrerequisites "programPrerequisites")

[EducationalOccupationalProgram](https://schema.org/EducationalOccupationalProgram "EducationalOccupationalProgram")

Prerequisites for enrolling in the program.

### Acknowledgements

This class is based on the work of the LRMI project, see [lrmi.net](http://lrmi.net/) for details.

### Examples

Example notes or example HTML without markup.

<div>
    <h1>The Declaration of Arbroath</h1>
    <p>A lesson plan for teachers with associated video.
       Typical length of lesson, 1 hour.
       Recommended for children aged 10-12 years old.
    </p>
    <p>Subject: Wars of Scottish independence</p>
    <p>Alignment to curriculum:</p>
    <ul>
        <li>England
            National Curriculum: KS 3 History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)
        </li>
        <li>Scotland
            SCQF: Level 2
            Curriculum for Excellence: Social studies: people past events and societies
        </li>
    </ul>
    <p>Link to lesson plan: <a href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
    <video>
        <source src="http://example.org/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
        Duration 03:12
    </video>
    <p>This example is based on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr">Declaration of Arbroath</a> from BBC Bitesize</p>

</div>

Example encoded as [Microdata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_\(HTML\)) embedded in HTML.

<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/WebPage">
    <h1 itemprop="name">The Declaration of Arbroath</h1>
    <p>A <span itemprop="learningResourceType">lesson plan</span>
       for <span itemprop="audience"
                 itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/EducationalAudience">
           <span itemprop="educationalRole">teacher</span></span>s with associated video.
       Typical length of lesson, <span itemprop="timeRequired" content="PT1H">1 hour</span>.
       Recommended for children aged <span itemprop="typicalAgeRange">10-12</span> years old.
    </p>
    <p>Subject: <span itemprop="about">Wars of Scottish independence</span></p>
    <p>Alignment to curriculum:</p>
    <ul>
        <li>England
            <span itemprop="educationalLevel"
                  itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/DefinedTerm">
                <span itemprop="inDefinedTermSet"
                      itemscope
                      itemtype="https://schema.org/DefinedTermSet">
                  <span itemprop="name">The National Curriculum for England</span>:
                  <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum" />

                </span>
                <span itemprop="name">Key Stage 3</span>
            </span>
            <span itemprop="educationalAlignment"
                  itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta itemprop="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
                <meta itemprop="educationalFramework" content="The National Curriculum for England" />
                <span itemprop="targetName">History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)</span>
                <link itemprop="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/ENC/subjects/3102">
            </span>
        </li>
        <li>Scotland
            <span itemprop="educationalLevel"
                  itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/DefinedTerm">
                <span itemprop="inDefinedTermSet"
                      itemscope
                      itemtype="https://schema.org/DefinedTermSet">
                  <span itemprop="name">SCQF</span>
                  <link itemprop="url" href="https://scqf.org.uk/">
                </span>:
                <span itemprop="name">Level 2</span>
            </span>
            <span itemprop="educationalAlignment"
                  itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta itemprop="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
                <span itemprop="educationalFramework"> Curriculum for Excellence</span>:
                <span itemprop="targetName">Social studies: people past events and societies</span>
                <link itemprop="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/CFE/subjects/3362">
            </span>
        </li>
    </ul>
    <p>Link to lesson plan: <a itemprop="url" href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
    <video itemprop="video" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/VideoObject">
        <source itemprop="url" src="http://example.org/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
        <span itemprop="name">Video Title</span>
        <span itemprop="description">Video description</span>
        <span itemprop="uploadDate">2000-01-01</span>
        <img itemprop="thumbnailUrl" src="http://example.org/thubnail.mp4" alt="thumbnail" >
        Duration: <span itemprop="duration" content="PT3M12S">03:12</span>
    </video>
    <p>This example is based on <a itemprop="isBasedOn" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr">Declaration of Arbroath</a> from BBC Bitesize</p>
</div>

Example encoded as [RDFa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa) embedded in HTML.

<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="WebPage">
    <h1 property="name">The Declaration of Arbroath</h1>
    <p>A <span property="learningResourceType">lesson plan</span>
       for <span rel="audience"
                 typeof="EducationalAudience">
           <span property="educationalRole">teacher</span></span>s with associated video.
       Typical length of lesson, <span property="timeRequired" content="PT1H">1 hour</span>.
       Recommended for children aged <span property="typicalAgeRange">10-12</span> years old.
    </p>
    <p>Subject: <span property="about">Wars of Scottish independence</span></p>
    <p>Alignment to curriculum:</p>
    <ul>
        <li>England
            <span rel="educationalLevel"
                  typeof="https://schema.org/DefinedTerm">
                <span property="inDefinedTermSet"
                   typeof="https://schema.org/DefinedTermSet">
                  <span property="name">The National Curriculum for England</span>:
                  <link property="url" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum"/>
                </span>:
                <span property="name">KS 3</span>
            </span>
            <span rel="educationalAlignment"
                  typeof="https://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta property="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
                <meta property="educationalFramework" content="The National Curriculum for England" />
                <span property="targetName">History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)</span>
                <link property="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/ENC/subjects/3102" />
            </span>
        </li>
        <li>Scotland
            <span rel="educationalLevel"
                typeof="https://schema.org/DefinedTerm">
              <span property="inDefinedTermSet"
                typeof="https://schema.org/DefinedTermSet" >
                <span property="name">SCQF</span>
                <link property="url" href="https://scqf.org.uk/">
              </span>:
              <span property="name">Level 2</span>
            </span>
            <span rel="educationalAlignment"
                  typeof="https://schema.org/AlignmentObject">
                <meta property="alignmentType" content="educationalSubject" />
                <span property="educationalFramework"> Curriculum for Excellence</span>:
                <span property="targetName">Social studies: people past events and societies</span>
                <link property="targetUrl" href="http://example.org/CFE/subjects/3362" />
            </span>
        </li>
    </ul>
    <p>Link to lesson plan: <a property="url" href="http://example.org/lessonplan">http://example.org/lessonplan</a></p>
    <video rel="video" typeof="https://schema.org/VideoObject">
        <source property="url" src="http://example.org/movie.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
        <span property="name">Video Title</span>
        <span property="description">Video description</span>
        <span property="uploadDate">2000-01-01</span>
        <img property="thumbnailUrl" src="http://example.org/thubnail.mp4" alt="thumbnail" />
        Duration: <span property="duration" content="PT3M12S">03:12</span>
    </video>
    <p>This example is based on <a property="isBasedOn" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr">Declaration of Arbroath</a> from BBC Bitesize</p>
</div>

Example encoded as [JSON-LD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD) in a HTML script tag.

<script type="application/ld+json">

{
  "@context":  "https://schema.org/",
  "@type": "WebPage",
  "name": "The Declaration of Arbroath",
  "about": "Wars of Scottish independence",
  "learningResourceType": "lesson plan",
  "timeRequired": "PT1H",
  "typicalAgeRange": "10-12",
  "audience": {
      "@type": "EducationalAudience",
      "educationalRole": "teacher"
  },
  "educationalAlignment": \[
    {
      "@type": "AlignmentObject",
      "alignmentType": "educationalSubject",
      "educationalFramework": " Curriculum for Excellence",
      "targetName": "Social studies: people past events and societies",
      "targetUrl": "http://example.org/CFE/subjects/3362"
    },
    {
      "@type": "AlignmentObject",
      "alignmentType": "educationalSubject",
      "educationalFramework": "The National Curriculum for England",
      "targetName": "History: The middle ages (12th to 15th century)",
      "targetUrl" : "http://example.org/ENC/subjects/3102"
    }
  \],
  "educationalLevel": \[
    {
      "@type": "DefinedTerm",
      "name": "Level 2",
      "inDefinedTermSet": {
	    "@type": "DefinedTermSet",
        "name": "SCQF",
        "url": "https://scqf.org.uk/"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "DefinedTerm",
      "name": "KS 3",
      "inDefinedTermSet": {
	    "@type": "DefinedTermSet",
        "name": "The National Curriculum for England",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum"
      }
    }
  \],
  "url" : "http://example.org/lessonplan",

  "video": {
    "@type": "VideoObject",
    "description": "Video description",
    "duration": "PT3M12S",
    "name": "Video Title",
    "thumbnailUrl": "http://example.org/thubnail.mp4",
    "uploadDate": "2000-01-01",
    "url" : "http://example.org/movie.mp4"
  },
  "isBasedOn": "http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z3sjtfr"
}
</script>

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.