# inSupportOf - Schema.org Property

> Source: https://schema.org/inSupportOf
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T18:47:20.267Z

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A Schema.org Property

*Defined in the [bib](https://schema.org/docs/bib.home.html) section.*

Qualification, candidature, degree, application that Thesis supports.

### Values expected to be one of these types

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

### Examples

Example notes or example HTML without markup.

A Thesis.

<div>
  <h1>Asian elephants are essential as seed dispersers in a disturbed tropical forest</h1>
  <h2> A Thesis</h2>
  <div>Author: Sekar, Nitin, Ph.D.</div>
  <div>Course: Conservation Biology</div>
  <div>School: Princeton University</div>
</div>

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

<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Thesis">
  <h1 itemprop="name">Asian elephants are essential as seed dispersers in a disturbed tropical forest</h1>
  <h2> A Thesis</h2>
  <div>Author: <span itemprop="author">Sekar, Nitin, Ph.D.</span></div>
  <div>Course: <span itemprop="inSupportOf">Conservation Biology</span></div>
  <div>School: <span itemprop="sourceOrganization">Princeton University</span></div>
</div>

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

<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="Thesis">
  <h1 property="name">Asian elephants are essential as seed dispersers in a disturbed tropical forest</h1>
  <h2> A Thesis</h2>
  <div>Author: <span property="author">Sekar, Nitin, Ph.D.</span></div>
  <div>Course: <span property="inSupportOf">Conservation Biology</span></div>
  <div>School: <span property="sourceOrganization">Princeton University</span></div>
</div>

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

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": {
    "rdf": "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#",
    "rdfa": "http://www.w3.org/ns/rdfa#",
    "rdfs": "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#",
    "schema": "https://schema.org/",
    "xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#"
  },
  "@id": "",
  "rdfa:usesVocabulary": {
    "@id": "schema:"
  },
  "@type": "schema:Thesis",
  "schema:author": "Sekar, Nitin, Ph.D.",
  "schema:inSupportOf": "Conservation Biology",
  "schema:name": "Asian elephants are essential as seed dispersers in a disturbed tropical forest",
  "schema:sourceOrganization": "Princeton University"
}
</script>

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.