# email - Schema.org Property

> Source: https://schema.org/email
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T18:43:28.284Z

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-   Canonical URL: https://schema.org/email
-   Equivalent Property: gs1:email
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Email address.

### Values expected to be one of these types

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

### Examples

Example notes or example HTML without markup.

Jane Doe
<img src="janedoe.jpg" alt="Photo of Jane Doe"/>

Professor
20341 Whitworth Institute
405 Whitworth
Seattle WA 98052
(425) 123-4567
<a href="mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu">jane-doe@illinois.edu</a>

Jane's home page:
<a href="http://www.janedoe.com">janedoe.com</a>

Graduate students:
<a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html">Alice Jones</a>
<a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html">Bob Smith</a>

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

<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person">
  <span itemprop="name">Jane Doe</span>
  <img src="janedoe.jpg" itemprop="image" alt="Photo of Jane Doe"/>

  <span itemprop="jobTitle">Professor</span>
  <div itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/PostalAddress">
    <span itemprop="streetAddress">
      20341 Whitworth Institute
      405 N. Whitworth
    </span>
    <span itemprop="addressLocality">Seattle</span>,
    <span itemprop="addressRegion">WA</span>
    <span itemprop="postalCode">98052</span>
  </div>
  <span itemprop="telephone">(425) 123-4567</span>
  <a href="mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu" itemprop="email">
    jane-doe@xyz.edu</a>

  Jane's home page:
  <a href="http://www.janedoe.com" itemprop="url">janedoe.com</a>

  Graduate students:
  <a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html" itemprop="colleague">
    Alice Jones</a>
  <a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html" itemprop="colleague">
    Bob Smith</a>
</div>

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

<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="Person">
  <span property="name">Jane Doe</span>
  <img src="janedoe.jpg" property="image" alt="Photo of Jane Doe"/>

  <span property="jobTitle">Professor</span>
  <div property="address" typeof="PostalAddress">
    <span property="streetAddress">
      20341 Whitworth Institute
      405 N. Whitworth
    </span>
    <span property="addressLocality">Seattle</span>,
    <span property="addressRegion">WA</span>
    <span property="postalCode">98052</span>
  </div>
  <span property="telephone">(425) 123-4567</span>
  <a href="mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu" property="email">
    jane-doe@xyz.edu</a>

  Jane's home page:
  <a href="http://www.janedoe.com" property="url">janedoe.com</a>

  Graduate students:
  <a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html" property="colleague">
    Alice Jones</a>
  <a href="http://www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html" property="colleague">
    Bob Smith</a>
</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": "Person",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "addressLocality": "Seattle",
    "addressRegion": "WA",
    "postalCode": "98052",
    "streetAddress": "20341 Whitworth Institute 405 N. Whitworth"
  },
  "colleague": \[
    "http://www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html",
    "http://www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html"
  \],
  "email": "mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu",
  "image": "janedoe.jpg",
  "jobTitle": "Professor",
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "telephone": "(425) 123-4567",
  "url": "http://www.janedoe.com"
}
</script>

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.