---
title: "LookupInput"
description: "a key: a namespace with a value, or a name with a place"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/lookupinput
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# LookupInput

a key: a namespace with a value, or a name with a place

[figure: LookupInput is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | harness |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `namespace` | `text` | no |  |
| `value` | `text` | no |  |
| `name` | `text` | no |  |
| `place` | `text` | no |  |
| `kind` | [KindOfEntity](/concepts/kindofentity) | no |  |
| `breadth` | `one of exact \| similar \| related \| broad` | no | with a name: the one candidate search of the record at that breadth, by exact keys, names and meaning, in place of the substring match |



## Routes that use it
- [`/v1/read/lookup`](/reference/read/lookup) takes it as input