# HowToTool - Schema.org Type

> Source: https://schema.org/HowToTool
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T18:46:38.231Z

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A tool used (but not consumed) when performing instructions for how to achieve a result.

Property

Expected Type

Description

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

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

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

The required quantity of the item(s).

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

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

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

An entity represented by an entry in a list or data feed (e.g. an 'artist' in a list of 'artists').

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

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

A link to the ListItem that follows the current one.

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

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

The position of an item in a series or sequence of items.

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

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

A link to the ListItem that precedes the current one.

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

Property

On Types

Description

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

[HowTo](https://schema.org/HowTo "HowTo")  or  
[HowToDirection](https://schema.org/HowToDirection "HowToDirection")

A sub property of instrument. An object used (but not consumed) when performing instructions or a direction.