Individual

Data type: Party

Individual represents a single human being (a man, woman or child). The individual can be a customer, an employee or any other person that the organization needs to store information about.

Name	Type	Description	Example
@type (1)	string	When sub-classing, this defines the sub-class Extensible name
@baseType	string	When sub-classing, this defines the super-class
@schemaLocation	string	A URI to a JSON-Schema file that defines additional attributes and relationships
id	string	Unique identifier	2d7ed5fd-9f62-4211-bc84-357f5f7b80f5
href	URI	Hyperlink reference	https://api.example.org/resource/id
contactMedium	ContactMedium [n..m]	List of means for contacting the party, e.g. mobile phone, email address	[]
externalReference	ExternalIdentifier [n..m]	List of identifiers of the Party in an external system, for example when party information is imported from a commerce system	[]
businessId	string	A business relevant identifier when different from the technical identifier documented with the .id property	1234
partyCharacteristic	Characteristic [n..m]	List of additional characteristics that a Party can take on.	[]
familyName	string	Contains the non-chosen or inherited name. Also known as last name in the Western context	Muster
salutation	string	Standard wording used to address an individual	Ms
givenName	string	First name of the individual	Melanie
title	string	Useful for titles (aristocratic, social,...) Pr, Dr, Sir, ...	Dr.