A Coat of Arms is a heraldic image associated with a country, dynasty or prominent family.  This type should be applied to a topic relating to a single coat of arms, i.e. one image, and the properties below are used to describe the symbols on this.

This is a person, a notable family, a country, city or town which uses a coat of arms as a symbol of identity.

A flag is a piece of fabric with a particular design that is used as a symbol.

This type is for any entity that is represented by a flag. Examples include political divisions, such as countries, states, provinces, and cities; militaries and military units; organizations, such as government agencies and NGOs; and political offices, such as heads of state.

In heraldry, cadency is any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family. Cadency is necessary in heraldic systems in which a given design may be owned by only one person (or, in some cases, one man) at once. Because heraldic designs may be inherited, the arms of members of a family will usually be similar to the arms used by its oldest surviving member (called the "plain coat"). They are formed by adding marks called brisures, similar to charges but smaller. Brisures are generally exempt from the law of tincture.

In heraldry and vexillology, a charge is an image occupying the field on an escutcheon (or shield).  This is different from the symbol to the left and right of the field, these are supporters and should be typed as Heraldic Supporter.

In heraldry, a compartment is a design placed under the shield, usually rocks, a grassy mount, or some sort of other landscape upon which the supporters are depicted as standing.

A coronet is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. Unlike a crown, a coronet never has arches.Traditionally, such headgear is used by nobles and by princes and princesses in their coats of arms, rather than by monarchs. Other than a crown, a coronet shows the rank of the respective noble.

A crest is a component of an heraldic display, so called because it stands on top of a helmet.

In heraldic achievements, the helmet or helm is situated above the shield and bears the torse and crest, and the style of helmet displayed varies according to rank and social status. In some traditions, especially German and Nordic heraldry, two or three helmets are sometimes used in a single achievement of arms.

In heraldry, an ordinary is a simple geometrical figure on the arms, bounded by straight lines and running from edge to edge or top to bottom of the shield. There are also some geometriccharges known as subordinaries, which are for some reason or other given lesser status by heraldic writers, even though most have been in use just as long as the traditional ordinaries.Diminutives of ordinaries and some subordinaries are charges of the same shape as the ordinaries, though thinner.

In heraldry, supporters are figures usually placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it up. These figures may be real or imaginary animals, human figures, and in rare cases plants or inanimate objects. Often these can have local significance, such as the fisherman and the tin miner granted to Cornwall County Council, or an historical link, such as the lion of England and unicorn of Scotland on the two variations of the Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.

A heraldic tincture is a color used in heraldry.

Divisions of the field is a heraldic term referring to the pattern on a shield. The field of a shield in heraldry can be divided into more than one tincture(as can the various charges). The divisions are (almost without exception) named according to the ordinary that shares their shape. A variation of the field is a pattern which is more complex than a simple division of the field.  Quite often a variation is composed of a repetition of a division of the field.

This is an authority, either a person or an organisation, which has an authority to grant Coats of Arms, and other heraldic symbols.  They are typically also responsible for keeping a register of coats of arms.

A person or thing that has other things named after him/her/it.

A person or thing that's named after something else.

An armorial grant links an entity (person, country, family) who displays a coat of arms to the authority which granted them this right, if an authority did so.  It also notes the period over which the coat of arms was used by the bearer.

This type connects a flag to the entity that the flag represents.

Heraldic charges often have bold colors, and this type is used to denote the color used for a charge on a particular Coat of Arms.

In heraldry, mantling or lambrequin is drapery tied to the helmet above the shield. It forms a backdrop for the shield.

Where ordinaires are used on a coat of arms, they are often displayed in bold colors.  This type allows the color of the ordinaire on a coat of arms to be noted.

In heraldry, the torse or wreath, is a twisted roll of fabric wound around the top of the helm and crest to hold the mantle in place.

The variation of the field is the pattern in which the main shield, or field, of a coat of arms is broken into distinct areas of colour. This type allows those colors to be noted against the coat of arms and the variation used.