Schema Reference
INHERIT defines 36 schemas across three categories. Click any schema to view its full property reference.
Core Entities (18)
| Schema | Description | Fields | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| asset | A non-property asset: financial accounts, personal property, vehicles, digital assets, business interests, Islamic finan… | 24 | candidate |
| attestation | Will execution formalities. Standalone — reused by estate, codicils, trusts, extensions. Supports written (E&W Wills Act… | 10 | draft |
| bequest | A disposition of property or money in a will. Supports 7 core types (specific, pecuniary, demonstrative, general, residu… | 21 | candidate |
| dealer-interest | Level D data — records third-party interest in estate assets (art dealers, property investors, collectors). Privacy-cont… | 12 | draft |
| document | A document associated with an estate — wills, codicils, trust deeds, and religious documents (shtar_chov, ketubah_docume… | 9 | draft |
| estate | The root estate record — will, intestacy, or trust-based succession plan. Contains testator details, jurisdiction, will… | 38 | candidate |
| executor | A person appointed to administer an estate. Includes professional executors, administrators (intestacy), and administrat… | 10 | draft |
| guardian | A guardian appointment for a minor child. Supports testamentary, court-appointed, shariah court, community-appointed, an… | 9 | draft |
| kinship | A familial bond between two people. Essential for intestacy calculation — inheritance rules in every jurisdiction depend… | 9 | candidate |
| liability | A debt or financial obligation. Includes mortgages, loans, credit cards, and cultural obligations (mahr, ketubah debt, l… | 11 | candidate |
| nonprobate-transfer | Assets that pass outside the probate estate — revocable trusts, TOD deeds, POD accounts, JTWROS, beneficiary designation… | 16 | draft |
| person | A person involved in the estate. Schema.org name alignment. Any Unicode script. Supports CJK phonetic readings, chieftai… | 20 | candidate |
| property | Real estate. Supports individual ownership, communal/family property (Nigeria), HUF coparcenary (India), government-vest… | 27 | candidate |
| proxy-authorisation | Authorises a proxy to act on behalf of a testator — information gathering, communication, negotiation, or full decision-… | 11 | draft |
| relationship | Spousal/partnership relationship. N-partner support (no structural two-partner limit). Event-based timeline (status deri… | 12 | candidate |
| schema | Root entry point for an INHERIT v1 estate data interchange document. Contains a single estate and arrays of all entity t… | 22 | candidate |
| trust | A trust instrument — testamentary or inter vivos. Covers discretionary, bare, life interest, charitable, nil rate band,… | 23 | draft |
| wish | A non-binding (or culturally/religiously binding) wish — funeral, letter of wishes, care instructions, pet care, digital… | 8 | draft |
Common Types (5)
| Schema | Description | Fields | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| address | A physical address. Culturally neutral — supports any global addressing convention. | 11 | candidate |
| identifier | A typed external identifier. Use 'system' to namespace (e.g. 'urn:hmrc:nino'). | 3 | candidate |
| jurisdiction | A legal jurisdiction identified by ISO 3166 codes. | 4 | candidate |
| money | Monetary value in integer minor currency units with ISO 4217 code. Never floating point. | 2 | candidate |
| temporal-rule | A jurisdiction rule value with effective dates, legislative status, and change history. | 7 | draft |
Extensions (13)
| Schema | Description | Fields | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| africa-customary | Customary succession rules across African ethnic groups: patrilineal/matrilineal systems, family council decisions, comm… | 9 | draft |
| australia-nz | Succession rules for AU and NZ: superannuation binding death benefit nominations, family provision claims, Aboriginal/To… | 8 | draft |
| canada | Provincial succession rules for Canada: Quebec patrimony, Ontario equalization, BC WESA variation, Alberta dower rights,… | 7 | draft |
| eu-succession | European succession rules: Brussels IV choice of law and European Certificate of Succession, Spanish regional regimes, f… | 8 | draft |
| india-hindu | Hindu succession law specifics: Mitakshara/Dayabhaga schools, HUF coparcenary, heir classifications under the Hindu Succ… | 8 | draft |
| islamic | Faraid (Islamic inheritance) rules: heir classification, fixed shares, residuary (asaba), awl/radd adjustments, wasiyya… | 12 | draft |
| japan | Japanese succession law — koseki records, iryubun (reserved share) claims, yōshi (adoption), spousal residence right (20… | 10 | draft |
| jewish | Halachic inheritance rules including heir classification, bekhor (firstborn) double-share, mezonot (maintenance), kinyan… | 10 | draft |
| latin-america | Latin American succession law — Brazilian legítima and stable union rights, Argentine forced heirship with collation, Co… | 6 | draft |
| prc-china | People's Republic of China succession law — forced heirship (first/second order heirs), hukou registration, notarised su… | 7 | draft |
| singapore-malaysia | Singapore and Malaysia succession law — ISA intestate distribution, AMLA Islamic distribution, CPF/EPF nominations, Mala… | 8 | draft |
| uk-england-wales | IHT thresholds, intestacy rules, IFPA 1975 eligibility, and legislative changes for England & Wales estates. Temporal-ru… | 9 | draft |
| us-estate | US-specific estate planning: community/separate property regimes, elective share, homestead exemptions, per stirpes vari… | 10 | draft |