---
title: "Entity definition basic"
slug: "entity-definition-basic"
abstract: "Overview, properties, and example for the Entity Definition Basic Object."
---
# Entity definition basic

The Entity Definition Basic Object contains a limited subset of information related to an entity definition. A basic entity definition has the following properties:

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | Number | The id of the entity definition |
| `name` | String | The name of the entity definition |
| `labels` | [Labels](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/developers/cloud-dev/labels.html) | The labels of the entity definition |

## Example

```json
{
  "id":id,
  "name":"entity definition name"
  "labels": {
    "en-US":"display name in English",
    "nl-BE":"display name in Flemish"
  },
  "self": {
    "href": "entity definition href",
    "title": "This entity definition"
  }
}

```