platform

A service that users interact with — Amazon, Gmail, Reddit, WhatsApp. Extends software (which extends product). A platform has accounts, produces data, and is the context for entity identity.

Not all skills connect to platforms — some connect to plain software or products. The “platform” tag is for services that host user data.

Metadata	Value
Plural	`platforms`
Subtitle field	`website`
Identity	`website`
Also	`software`

Fields

Field	Type
`website`	`url`
`platformType`	`string`

Inherited

From software:

Field	Type
`aisle`	`string`
`availability`	`string`
`barcode`	`string`
`calories`	`number`
`categories`	`string[]`
`currency`	`string`
`department`	`string`
`images`	`json`
`license`	`string`
`novaGroup`	`integer`
`nutritionScore`	`string`
`openSource`	`boolean`
`originalPrice`	`string`
`originalPriceAmount`	`number`
`platform`	`string[]`
`price`	`string`
`priceAmount`	`number`
`quantity`	`integer`
`repositoryUrl`	`url`
`servingSize`	`string`
`sku`	`string`
`soldByWeight`	`boolean`
`version`	`string`
`weight`	`string`
`weightUnit`	`string`
`weightValue`	`number`

Relation	Target
`brand`	`brand`
`developer`	`organization`
`manufacturer`	`organization`
`repository`	`repository`
`tagged`	`tag[]`

Prior art

External standards this shape draws from or aligns with. See Shape design principles for how prior art informs shape design.

schema.org/SoftwareApplication — Our website ≈ url; platformType ≈ applicationCategory.
schema.org/WebSite — A platform often IS a website. Our website field is canonical identity — matches schema.org’s url/sameAs.