name: Estated Vocabulary
description: >-
  Domain vocabulary for the Estated Property Data API v4, mapping property
  records, parcels, assessments, deeds, and parcel boundaries to industry
  terms used in real-estate, GIS, and tax assessor systems.
version: "0.1"
terms:
  - term: Property
    definition: A single U.S. real-estate parcel record, indexed by address or FIPS+APN.
    schema_org: schema:RealEstateListing
  - term: Address
    definition: Postal address as standardized from the assessor's roll.
    schema_org: schema:PostalAddress
  - term: Parcel
    definition: The legally defined tract of land identified by APN and FIPS code.
    related: APN, FIPS, Zoning, LandUse
  - term: APN
    definition: Assessor Parcel Number — the county-issued identifier for a parcel.
    aliases: [assessor_parcel_number, parcel_number]
  - term: FIPS
    definition: Federal Information Processing Standards code identifying U.S. counties.
  - term: Structure
    definition: The primary building(s) on a parcel — beds, baths, year built, materials.
    schema_org: schema:Residence
  - term: Assessment
    definition: The assessor's valuation of land and improvements for tax purposes, by year.
  - term: MarketAssessment
    definition: The assessor's market-value estimate (distinct from taxable assessed value).
  - term: Tax
    definition: Annual property-tax amount levied by the taxing jurisdiction.
  - term: Valuation
    definition: Estated's Automated Valuation Model (AVM) estimate, with high/low and FSD.
    related: AVM, ForecastStandardDeviation
  - term: Owner
    definition: Assessed owner of record, including mailing address and occupancy status.
  - term: Deed
    definition: A recorded real-estate transfer document, with buyer/seller and sale price.
  - term: Boundary
    definition: Parcel polygon geometry as WKT or GeoJSON MultiPolygon.
    schema_org: schema:GeoShape
  - term: GeocodingAccuracy
    definition: Quality grade of address-to-coordinate match.
  - term: LandUse
    definition: Standardized land-use category and type derived from county land-use codes.
  - term: ForecastStandardDeviation
    definition: Confidence indicator (percentage 0-100) for the AVM valuation.
  - term: Token
    definition: Per-customer API key passed as the `token` query parameter.
tags:
  - PropertyData
  - RealEstate
  - PropertyRecords
  - Assessor
  - Parcels
  - APN
  - FIPS
  - Deeds
  - AVM
  - GIS
  - Boundaries