The organization or person from which the product was acquired.

An organization that this person is affiliated with. For example, a school/university, a club, or a team.

The direct performer or driver of the action (animate or inanimate). e.g. *John* wrote a book.

An organization that the person is an alumni of.

A person or organization attending the event.

A person attending the event.

The Organization responsible for authenticating the user's subscription. For example, many media apps require a cable/satellite provider to authenticate your subscription before playing media.

The author of this content or rating. Please note that author is special in that HTML 5 provides a special mechanism for indicating authorship via the rel tag. That is equivalent to this and may be used interchangeably.

A sub property of recipient. The recipient blind copied on a message.

'bookingAgent' is an out-dated term indicating a 'broker' that serves as a booking agent.

The larger organization that this local business is a branch of, if any. Not to be confused with (anatomical)[branch](http://schema.org/branch).

The brand(s) associated with a product or service, or the brand(s) maintained by an organization or business person.

The media network(s) whose content is broadcast on this station.

The organization owning or operating the broadcast service.

An entity that arranges for an exchange between a buyer and a seller. In most cases a broker never acquires or releases ownership of a product or service involved in an exchange. If it is not clear whether an entity is a broker, seller, or buyer, the latter two terms are preferred.

'carrier' is an out-dated term indicating the 'provider' for parcel delivery and flights.

A sub property of recipient. The recipient copied on a message.

The person or organization who wrote a composition, or who is the composer of a work performed at some event.

A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork or Event.

The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork.

The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.

The group the release is credited to if different than the byArtist. For example, Red and Blue is credited to "Stefani Germanotta Band", but by Lady Gaga.

Party placing the order or paying the invoice.

A relationship between an organization and a department of that organization, also described as an organization (allowing different urls, logos, opening hours). For example: a store with a pharmacy, or a bakery with a cafe.