backstory
For an Article, typically a NewsArticle, the backstory property provides a textual summary giving a brief explanation of why and how an article was created. In a journalistic setting this could include information about reporting process, methods, interviews, data sources, etc.
- Value
- Creative
Work or Text - Used on
- Article
- Source
- Schema.org 30.1
Used on
One type has a backstory, and so does every type that descends from it.
Its value
Its value is one of these 2 types.
Where this comes from
Quoted from Schema.org, and credited. Nothing in this definition is written by us.
- Published bySchema.orgschema.org/backstory
- ReleaseVersion 30.116 September 2026
- Proposed in
- LicenseCC BY-SA 3.0Free to copy and adapt, with credit, under the same licence
- Changed by usNothing.
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