diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45461ac..8c2033d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ for _, keyword := range doc.Keywords().Values() {
 }
 ```
 
+`Strings` projects a term into display text, unwrapping `@list`, `@set`, and `@value` and reading `@id` or `name` from objects. It returns scalar spellings in source order and skips empty strings and nulls:
+
+```go
+fmt.Println(doc.Strings("keywords"))
+fmt.Println(doc.Strings("license"))
+```
+
 Values expose `Kind`, `Text`, `Items`, `Fields`, and `Position`. `Items` returns only array elements; `Values` returns array elements or a single scalar or object. A missing field has kind `Missing` and no values, while explicit JSON `Null` remains a value. Numbers retain their spelling and precision. Dates retain their text.
 
 `Author`, `Contributor`, `Maintainer`, `CopyrightHolder`, and `Funder` return ordered agent views, accepting either a single value or an array. `Agent.Kind` distinguishes people, organisations, strings, ID references, roles, and conflicting fields. `Value` preserves each original value; `Get` accesses its fields. `RoleName` and `Agents` expose a role and its nested agents without discarding the wrapper.
diff --git a/model.go b/model.go
index 13c4a40..0fa028e 100644
--- a/model.go
+++ b/model.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package codemeta
 
-func (d *Document) Name() string                { return d.Get("name").Text() }
+const nameTerm = "name"
+
+func (d *Document) Name() string                { return d.Get(nameTerm).Text() }
 func (d *Document) Description() string         { return d.Get("description").Text() }
 func (d *Document) CodeRepository() Value       { return d.Get("codeRepository") }
 func (d *Document) SoftwareVersion() Value      { return d.Get("version") }
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ type Agent struct {
 
 func (a Agent) Value() Value          { return a.value }
 func (a Agent) Get(term string) Value { return resolvedGet(a.value, term, a.terms) }
-func (a Agent) Name() string          { return a.Get("name").Text() }
+func (a Agent) Name() string          { return a.Get(nameTerm).Text() }
 func (a Agent) GivenName() string     { return a.Get("givenName").Text() }
 func (a Agent) FamilyName() string    { return a.Get("familyName").Text() }
 func (a Agent) RoleName() Value       { return a.Get("roleName") }
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ func (a Agent) Kind() AgentKind {
 	if personType {
 		return AgentPerson
 	}
-	if orgType || a.Get("name").kind != Missing {
+	if orgType || a.Get(nameTerm).kind != Missing {
 		return AgentOrganization
 	}
 	return AgentUnknown
diff --git a/strings.go b/strings.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97d4137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package codemeta
+
+// Strings projects a term's scalar spelling, object identifiers, or object names
+// in source order. It unwraps JSON-LD lists, sets, and value objects and resolves
+// keys using each object's context. Empty strings and nulls are skipped. The
+// original values remain available through Get.
+func (d *Document) Strings(term string) []string {
+	if d == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var terms map[string]termDefinition
+	if d.context.usable() {
+		terms = contextTerms[d.context.version]
+	}
+	return stringValues(d.Get(term), terms)
+}
+
+func stringValues(value Value, terms map[string]termDefinition) []string {
+	var values []string
+	for _, item := range value.Values() {
+		if item.kind == String || item.kind == Number || item.kind == Boolean {
+			if item.text != "" {
+				values = append(values, item.text)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if item.kind != Object {
+			continue
+		}
+		localTerms := scopedTerms(item, terms)
+		// An empty identifier means absent, so the search falls through to a name;
+		// an empty list, set, or value is genuinely empty and stops the search.
+		for _, key := range []string{keywordList, keywordSet, keywordValue, keywordID, nameTerm} {
+			field := resolvedGet(item, key, localTerms)
+			if field.kind == Missing {
+				continue
+			}
+			projected := stringValues(field, localTerms)
+			values = append(values, projected...)
+			if key != keywordID || len(projected) != 0 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return values
+}
diff --git a/strings_test.go b/strings_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f970092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strings_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package codemeta_test
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/git-pkgs/codemeta"
+)
+
+func TestDocumentStrings(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name, input, term string
+		want              []string
+	}{
+		{"scalar", `{"keywords":"science"}`, "keywords", []string{"science"}},
+		{"array", `{"keywords":["science","metadata"]}`, "keywords", []string{"science", "metadata"}},
+		{"set", `{"keywords":{"@set":["science","metadata"]}}`, "keywords", []string{"science", "metadata"}},
+		{"list", `{"keywords":{"@list":["science",{"@value":"metadata"}]}}`, "keywords", []string{"science", "metadata"}},
+		{"id alias", `{"@context":"https://w3id.org/codemeta/3.0","license":{"id":"https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT"}}`, "license", []string{"https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT"}},
+		{"prefixed names", `{"@context":"https://w3id.org/codemeta/3.0","schema:programmingLanguage":[{"schema:name":"Go"},{"http://schema.org/name":"Ruby"}]}`, "programmingLanguage", []string{"Go", "Ruby"}},
+		{"identifier first", `{"license":{"@id":"MIT","name":"MIT License"}}`, "license", []string{"MIT"}},
+		{"empty identifier", `{"license":{"@id":"","name":"MIT License"}}`, "license", []string{"MIT License"}},
+		{"exact key first", `{"@context":"https://w3id.org/codemeta/3.0","programmingLanguage":{"name":"Go","schema:name":"Ruby"}}`, "programmingLanguage", []string{"Go"}},
+		{"local context", `{"programmingLanguage":{"@context":"https://w3id.org/codemeta/3.0","schema:name":"Go"}}`, "programmingLanguage", []string{"Go"}},
+		{"reset context", `{"@context":"https://w3id.org/codemeta/3.0","programmingLanguage":{"@context":null,"schema:name":"Go"}}`, "programmingLanguage", nil},
+		{"unsupported context", `{"@context":"https://example.org/context","programmingLanguage":{"schema:name":"Go"}}`, "programmingLanguage", nil},
+		{"scalars", `{"keywords":[null,4,true,"",{},"science"]}`, "keywords", []string{"4", "true", "science"}},
+		{"number spelling", `{"copyrightYear":2020}`, "copyrightYear", []string{"2020"}},
+		{"number value object", `{"copyrightYear":{"@value":2020}}`, "copyrightYear", []string{"2020"}},
+		{"missing", `{}`, "keywords", nil},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			doc, err := codemeta.Parse([]byte(tc.input))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			before := doc.Get(tc.term)
+			if got := doc.Strings(tc.term); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tc.want) {
+				t.Fatalf("Strings(%q) = %v, want %v", tc.term, got, tc.want)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(doc.Get(tc.term), before) {
+				t.Fatal("projection changed the source value")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}