# backstory

For an [Article](https://schema.org.ai/Article), typically a [NewsArticle](https://schema.org.ai/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.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [CreativeWork](https://schema.org.ai/CreativeWork) | The most generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, etc. |
| [Text](https://schema.org.ai/Text) | Data type: Text. |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Article](https://schema.org.ai/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](https://blog.schema.org/2014/09/02/schema-org-support-for-bibliographic-relationships-and-periodicals/). |

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Quoted from Schema.org 30.1, https://schema.org/backstory, under CC BY-SA 3.0. Served by the Org.AI Foundation at https://schema.org.ai/backstory.