CreativeWork

The most generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, etc.

Extends: Thing

Properties

Property	Expected Type	Description
about	Thing	The subject matter of the content.
abstract	Text	An abstract is a short description that summarizes a CreativeWork.
accessMode	Text	The human sensory perceptual system or cognitive faculty through which a person may process or perceive information. Values should be drawn from the [approved vocabulary](https://www.w3.org/2021/a1...
accessModeSufficient	ItemList	A list of single or combined accessModes that are sufficient to understand all the intellectual content of a resource. Values should be drawn from the [approved vocabulary](https://www.w3.org/2021/...
accessibilityAPI	Text	Indicates that the resource is compatible with the referenced accessibility API. Values should be drawn from the [approved vocabulary](https://www.w3.org/2021/a11y-discov-vocab/latest/#accessibilit...
accessibilityControl	Text	Identifies input methods that are sufficient to fully control the described resource. Values should be drawn from the [approved vocabulary](https://www.w3.org/2021/a11y-discov-vocab/latest/#accessi...
accessibilityFeature	Text	Content features of the resource, such as accessible media, alternatives and supported enhancements for accessibility. Values should be drawn from the [approved vocabulary](https://www.w3.org/2021/...
accessibilityHazard	Text	A characteristic of the described resource that is physiologically dangerous to some users. Related to WCAG 2.0 guideline 2.3. Values should be drawn from the [approved vocabulary](https://www.w3.o...
accessibilitySummary	Text	A human-readable summary of specific accessibility features or deficiencies, consistent with the other accessibility metadata but expressing subtleties such as "short descriptions are present but l...
accountablePerson	Person	Specifies the Person that is legally accountable for the CreativeWork.
acquireLicensePage	URL, CreativeWork	Indicates a page documenting how licenses can be purchased or otherwise acquired, for the current item.
aggregateRating	AggregateRating	The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
alternativeHeadline	Text	A secondary title of the CreativeWork.
archivedAt	URL, WebPage	Indicates a page or other link involved in archival of a CreativeWork. In the case of MediaReview, the items in a [MediaRe...
assesses	DefinedTerm, Text	The item being described is intended to assess the competency or learning outcome defined by the referenced term.
associatedMedia	MediaObject	A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for encoding.
audience	Audience	An intended audience, i.e. a group for whom something was created.
audio	AudioObject, MusicRecording, Clip	An embedded audio object.
author	Person, Organization	The author of this content or rating. Please note that author is special in that HTML 5 provides a special mechanism for indicating authorship via the rel tag. That is equivalent to this and may be...
award	Text	An award won by or for this item.
awards	Text	Awards won by or for this item.
character	Person	Fictional person connected with a creative work.
citation	Text, CreativeWork	A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.
comment	Comment	Comments, typically from users.
commentCount	Integer	The number of comments this CreativeWork (e.g. Article, Question or Answer) has received. This is most applicable to works published in Web sites with commenting system; additional comments may exi...
conditionsOfAccess	Text	Conditions that affect the availability of, or method(s) of access to, an item. Typically used for real world items such as an ArchiveComponent held by an...
contentLocation	Place	The location depicted or described in the content. For example, the location in a photograph or painting.
contentRating	Rating, Text	Official rating of a piece of content—for example, 'MPAA PG-13'.
contentReferenceTime	DateTime	The specific time described by a creative work, for works (e.g. articles, video objects etc.) that emphasise a particular moment within an Event.
contributor	Organization, Person	A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork or Event.
copyrightHolder	Person, Organization	The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork.
copyrightNotice	Text	Text of a notice appropriate for describing the copyright aspects of this Creative Work, ideally indicating the owner of the copyright for the Work.
copyrightYear	Number	The year during which the claimed copyright for the CreativeWork was first asserted.
correction	CorrectionComment, Text, URL	Indicates a correction to a CreativeWork, either via a CorrectionComment, textually or in another document.
countryOfOrigin	Country	The country of origin of something, including products as well as creative works such as movie and TV content. In the case of TV and movie, this would be the country of the principle offices of t...
creativeWorkStatus	DefinedTerm, Text	The status of a creative work in terms of its stage in a lifecycle. Example terms include Incomplete, Draft, Published, Obsolete. Some organizations define a set of terms for the stages of their pu...
creator	Person, Organization	The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.
creditText	Text	Text that can be used to credit person(s) and/or organization(s) associated with a published Creative Work.
dateCreated	Date, DateTime	The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed.
dateModified	DateTime, Date	The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified or when the item's entry was modified within a DataFeed.
datePublished	Date, DateTime	Date of first publication or broadcast. For example the date a CreativeWork was broadcast or a Certification was issued.
digitalSourceType	IPTCDigitalSourceEnumeration	Indicates an IPTCDigitalSourceEnumeration code indicating the nature of the digital source(s) for some CreativeWork.
discussionUrl	URL	A link to the page containing the comments of the CreativeWork.
editEIDR	Text, URL	An EIDR (Entertainment Identifier Registry) identifier representing a specific edit / edition for a work of film or television. For example...
editor	Person	Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork.
educationalAlignment	AlignmentObject	An alignment to an established educational framework. This property should not be used where the nature of the alignment can be described using a simple property, for example to express that a res...
educationalLevel	Text, URL, DefinedTerm	The level in terms of progression through an educational or training context. Examples of educational levels include 'beginner', 'intermediate' or 'advanced', and formal sets of level indicators.
educationalUse	DefinedTerm, Text	The purpose of a work in the context of education; for example, 'assignment', 'group work'.
encoding	MediaObject	A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for associatedMedia.
encodingFormat	URL, Text	Media type typically expressed using a MIME format (see IANA site and [MDN reference](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/H...
encodings	MediaObject	A media object that encodes this CreativeWork.
exampleOfWork	CreativeWork	A creative work that this work is an example/instance/realization/derivation of.
expires	Date, DateTime	Date the content expires and is no longer useful or available. For example a VideoObject or NewsArticle whose availability...
fileFormat	Text, URL	Media type, typically MIME format (see IANA site) of the content, e.g. application/zip of a SoftwareApplication binary. In cases whe...
funder	Organization, Person	A person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution.
funding	Grant	A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo.
genre	URL, Text	Genre of the creative work, broadcast channel or group.
hasPart	CreativeWork	Indicates an item or CreativeWork that is part of this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense).
headline	Text	Headline of the article.
inLanguage	Text, Language	The language of the content or performance or used in an action. Please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard. See also [availableLanguage]...
interactionStatistic	InteractionCounter	The number of interactions for the CreativeWork using the WebSite or SoftwareApplication. The most specific child type of InteractionCounter should be used.
interactivityType	Text	The predominant mode of learning supported by the learning resource. Acceptable values are 'active', 'expositive', or 'mixed'.
interpretedAsClaim	Claim	Used to indicate a specific claim contained, implied, translated or refined from the content of a MediaObject or other [CreativeWork](https://schema.org.ai/Crea...
isAccessibleForFree	Boolean	A flag to signal that the item, event, or place is accessible for free.
isBasedOn	Product, CreativeWork, URL	A resource from which this work is derived or from which it is a modification or adaptation.
isBasedOnUrl	Product, CreativeWork, URL	A resource that was used in the creation of this resource. This term can be repeated for multiple sources. For example, http://example.com/great-multiplication-intro.html.
isFamilyFriendly	Boolean	Indicates whether this content is family friendly.
isPartOf	URL, CreativeWork	Indicates an item or CreativeWork that this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense), is part of.
keywords	Text, URL, DefinedTerm	Keywords or tags used to describe some item. Multiple textual entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas, or by repeating the property.
learningResourceType	DefinedTerm, Text	The predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource. For example, 'presentation', 'handout'.
license	CreativeWork, URL	A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL.
locationCreated	Place	The location where the CreativeWork was created, which may not be the same as the location depicted in the CreativeWork.
mainEntity	Thing	Indicates the primary entity described in some page or other CreativeWork.
maintainer	Person, Organization	A maintainer of a Dataset, software package (SoftwareApplication), or other Project. A...
material	Text, Product, URL	A material that something is made from, e.g. leather, wool, cotton, paper.
materialExtent	Text, QuantitativeValue	The quantity of the materials being described or an expression of the physical space they occupy.
mentions	Thing	Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept.
offers	Demand, Offer	An offer to provide this item—for example, an offer to sell a product, rent the DVD of a movie, perform a service, or give away tickets to an event. Use [businessFunction](https://schema.org...
pattern	DefinedTerm, Text	A pattern that something has, for example 'polka dot', 'striped', 'Canadian flag'. Values are typically expressed as text, although links to controlled value schemes are also supported.
position	Integer, Text	The position of an item in a series or sequence of items.
producer	Person, Organization	The person or organization who produced the work (e.g. music album, movie, TV/radio series etc.).
provider	Person, Organization	The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as...
publication	PublicationEvent	A publication event associated with the item.
publisher	Person, Organization	The publisher of the article in question.
publisherImprint	Organization	The publishing division which published the comic.
publishingPrinciples	CreativeWork, URL	The publishingPrinciples property indicates (typically via URL) a document describing the editorial principles of an Organization...
recordedAt	Event	The Event where the CreativeWork was recorded. The CreativeWork may capture all or part of the event.
releasedEvent	PublicationEvent	The place and time the release was issued, expressed as a PublicationEvent.
review	Review	A review of the item.
reviews	Review	Review of the item.
schemaVersion	Text, URL	Indicates (by URL or string) a particular version of a schema used in some CreativeWork. This property was created primarily to indicate the use of a specific schema.org release, e.g. ```10.0``...
sdDatePublished	Date	Indicates the date on which the current structured data was generated / published. Typically used alongside sdPublisher.
sdLicense	CreativeWork, URL	A license document that applies to this structured data, typically indicated by URL.
sdPublisher	Person, Organization	Indicates the party responsible for generating and publishing the current structured data markup, typically in cases where the structured data is derived automatically from existing published conte...
size	DefinedTerm, Text, SizeSpecification, QuantitativeValue	A standardized size of a product or creative work, specified either through a simple textual string (for example 'XL', '32Wx34L'), a QuantitativeValue with a unitCode, or a comprehensive and struc...
sourceOrganization	Organization	The Organization on whose behalf the creator was working.
spatial	Place	The "spatial" property can be used in cases when more specific properties (e.g. locationCreated, spatialCoverage, [...
spatialCoverage	Place	The spatialCoverage of a CreativeWork indicates the place(s) which are the focus of the content. It is a subproperty of contentLocation intended primarily for more technical and detailed mate...
sponsor	Organization, Person	A person or organization that supports a thing through a pledge, promise, or financial contribution. E.g. a sponsor of a Medical Study or a corporate sponsor of an event.
teaches	DefinedTerm, Text	The item being described is intended to help a person learn the competency or learning outcome defined by the referenced term.
temporal	Text, DateTime	The "temporal" property can be used in cases where more specific properties (e.g. temporalCoverage, dateCreated, [date...
temporalCoverage	DateTime, Text, URL	The temporalCoverage of a CreativeWork indicates the period that the content applies to, i.e. that it describes, either as a DateTime or as a textual string indicating a time period in [ISO 8601 ti...
text	Text	The textual content of this CreativeWork.
thumbnail	ImageObject	Thumbnail image for an image or video.
thumbnailUrl	URL	A thumbnail image relevant to the Thing.
timeRequired	Duration	Approximate or typical time it usually takes to work with or through the content of this work for the typical or target audience.
translationOfWork	CreativeWork	The work that this work has been translated from. E.g. 物种起源 is a translationOf “On the Origin of Species”.
translator	Person, Organization	Organization or person who adapts a creative work to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market, or that translates during some event.
typicalAgeRange	Text	The typical expected age range, e.g. '7-9', '11-'.
usageInfo	CreativeWork, URL	The schema.org usageInfo property indicates further information about a CreativeWork. This property is applicable both to wo...
version	Text, Number	The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.
video	VideoObject, Clip	An embedded video object.
wordCount	Integer	The number of words in the text of the CreativeWork such as an Article, Book, etc.
workExample	CreativeWork	Example/instance/realization/derivation of the concept of this creative work. E.g. the paperback edition, first edition, or e-book.
workTranslation	CreativeWork	A work that is a translation of the content of this work. E.g. 西遊記 has an English workTranslation “Journey to the West”, a German workTranslation “Monkeys Pilgerfahrt” and a Vietnamese translation...

[Thing](https://schema.org.ai/Thing) Properties

Property	Expected Type	Description
additionalType	Text, URL	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is...
alternateName	Text	An alias for the item.
description	Text, TextObject	A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription	Text	A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the descr...
identifier	URL, Text, PropertyValue	The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for re...
image	ImageObject, URL	An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage	CreativeWork, URL	Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
name	Text	The name of the item.
potentialAction	Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs	URL	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf	Event, CreativeWork	A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
url	URL	URL of the item.

Subtypes

Type	Description
AmpStory	A creative work with a visual storytelling format intended to be viewed online, particularly on mobile devices.
ArchiveComponent	An intangible type to be applied to any archive content, carrying with it a set of properties required to describe archival items and collections.
Article	An article, such as a news article or piece of investigative report. Newspapers and magazines have articles of many different types and this is intended to cover them all. See also [blog post](htt...
Atlas	A collection or bound volume of maps, charts, plates or tables, physical or in media form illustrating any subject.
Blog	A blog, sometimes known as a "weblog". Note that the individual posts (BlogPostings) in a [Blog](https://schema.org.ai/Blo...
Book	A book.
Certification	A Certification is an official and authoritative statement about a subject, for example a product, service, person, or organization. A certification is typically issued by an indendent certificatio...
Chapter	One of the sections into which a book is divided. A chapter usually has a section number or a name.
Claim	A Claim in Schema.org represents a specific, factually-oriented claim that could be the itemReviewed in a [ClaimReview](https://...
Clip	A short TV or radio program or a segment/part of a program.
Code	Computer programming source code. Example: Full (compile ready) solutions, code snippet samples, scripts, templates.
Collection	A collection of items, e.g. creative works or products.
ComicStory	The term "story" is any indivisible, re-printable unit of a comic, including the interior stories, covers, and backmatter. Most comics have at least two stories: a cover (ComicCoverArt) a...
Comment	A comment on an item - for example, a comment on a blog post. The comment's content is expressed via the text property, and its topic via [about](https://schema.org.ai...
Conversation	One or more messages between organizations or people on a particular topic. Individual messages can be linked to the conversation with isPartOf or hasPart properties.
Course	A description of an educational course which may be offered as distinct instances which take place at different times or take place at different locations, or be offered through different media or...
CreativeWorkSeason	A media season, e.g. TV, radio, video game etc.
CreativeWorkSeries	A CreativeWorkSeries in schema.org is a group of related items, typically but not necessarily of the same kind. CreativeWorkSeries are usually organized into some order, often chronological. Unlike...
DataCatalog	A collection of datasets.
Dataset	A body of structured information describing some topic(s) of interest.
DefinedTermSet	A set of defined terms, for example a set of categories or a classification scheme, a glossary, dictionary or enumeration.
Diet	A strategy of regulating the intake of food to achieve or maintain a specific health-related goal.
DigitalDocument	An electronic file or document.
Drawing	A picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint.
EducationalOccupationalCredential	An educational or occupational credential. A diploma, academic degree, certification, qualification, badge, etc., that may be awarded to a person or other entity that meets the requirements defined...
Episode	A media episode (e.g. TV, radio, video game) which can be part of a series or season.
ExercisePlan	Fitness-related activity designed for a specific health-related purpose, including defined exercise routines as well as activity prescribed by a clinician.
Game	The Game type represents things which are games. These are typically rule-governed recreational activities, e.g. role-playing games in which players assume the role of characters in a fictional set...
Guide	Guide is a page or article that recommends specific products or services, or aspects of a thing for a user to consider. A Guide may rep...
HowTo	Instructions that explain how to achieve a result by performing a sequence of steps.
HowToDirection	A direction indicating a single action to do in the instructions for how to achieve a result.
HowToSection	A sub-grouping of steps in the instructions for how to achieve a result (e.g. steps for making a pie crust within a pie recipe).
HowToStep	A step in the instructions for how to achieve a result. It is an ordered list with HowToDirection and/or HowToTip items.
HowToTip	An explanation in the instructions for how to achieve a result. It provides supplementary information about a technique, supply, author's preference, etc. It can explain what could be done, or what...
HyperToc	A HyperToc represents a hypertext table of contents for complex media objects, such as VideoObject, AudioObject. Items in t...
HyperTocEntry	A HyperToEntry is an item within a HyperToc, which represents a hypertext table of contents for complex media objects, such as [VideoObject](https://schema.org.ai/...
LearningResource	The LearningResource type can be used to indicate CreativeWorks (whether physical or digital) that have a particular and explicit orientation towards learning,...
Legislation	A legal document such as an act, decree, bill, etc. (enforceable or not) or a component of a legal act (like an article).
Manuscript	A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.
Map	A map.
MathSolver	A math solver which is capable of solving a subset of mathematical problems.
MediaObject	A media object, such as an image, video, audio, or text object embedded in a web page or a downloadable dataset i.e. DataDownload. Note that a creative work may have many media objects associated w...
MediaReviewItem	Represents an item or group of closely related items treated as a unit for the sake of evaluation in a MediaReview. Authorship etc. apply to the items rather th...
Menu	A structured representation of food or drink items available from a FoodEstablishment.
MenuSection	A sub-grouping of food or drink items in a menu. E.g. courses (such as 'Dinner', 'Breakfast', etc.), specific type of dishes (such as 'Meat', 'Vegan', 'Drinks', etc.), or some other classification...
Message	A single message from a sender to one or more organizations or people.
Movie	A movie.
MusicComposition	A musical composition.
MusicPlaylist	A collection of music tracks in playlist form.
MusicRecording	A music recording (track), usually a single song.
Painting	A painting.
Photograph	A photograph.
Play	A play is a form of literature, usually consisting of dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Note: A performance of a Play would be a [TheaterEve...
Poster	A large, usually printed placard, bill, or announcement, often illustrated, that is posted to advertise or publicize something.
PublicationIssue	A part of a successively published publication such as a periodical or publication volume, often numbered, usually containing a grouping of works such as articles. See also [blog post](https://blo...
PublicationVolume	A part of a successively published publication such as a periodical or multi-volume work, often numbered. It may represent a time span, such as a year. See also [blog post](https://blog-schema.org...
Quotation	A quotation. Often but not necessarily from some written work, attributable to a real world author and - if associated with a fictional character - to any fictional Person. Use [isBasedOn](https://...
Review	A review of an item - for example, of a restaurant, movie, or store.
Sculpture	A piece of sculpture.
Season	A media season, e.g. TV, radio, video game etc.
SheetMusic	Printed music, as opposed to performed or recorded music.
ShortStory	Short story or tale. A brief work of literature, usually written in narrative prose.
SoftwareApplication	A software application.
SoftwareSourceCode	Computer programming source code. Example: Full (compile ready) solutions, code snippet samples, scripts, templates.
SpecialAnnouncement	A SpecialAnnouncement combines a simple date-stamped textual information update with contextualized Web links and other structured data. It represents an information update made by a l...
Statement	A statement about something, for example a fun or interesting fact. If known, the main entity this statement is about can be indicated using mainEntity. For more formal claims (e.g. in Fact Checkin...
TVSeason	Season dedicated to TV broadcast and associated online delivery.
TVSeries	CreativeWorkSeries dedicated to TV broadcast and associated online delivery.
Thesis	A thesis or dissertation document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification.
VisualArtwork	A work of art that is primarily visual in character.
WebContent	WebContent is a type representing all WebPage, WebSite and WebPageElement content. It is so...
WebPage	A web page. Every web page is implicitly assumed to be declared to be of type WebPage, so the various properties about that webpage, such as breadcrumb may be used. We recommend explicit declaratio...
WebPageElement	A web page element, like a table or an image.
WebSite	A WebSite is a set of related web pages and other items typically served from a single web domain and accessible via URLs.