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Schema.org CreativeWork

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

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
@type	string	The Schema.org type.
@context	string	The JSON-LD context URL.
name	string	The name of the creative work.
headline	string	Headline of the article.
alternativeHeadline	string	A secondary title of the CreativeWork.
description	string	A description of the creative work.
text	string	The textual content of this CreativeWork.
abstract	string	An abstract is a short description that summarizes a CreativeWork.
url	string	URL of the creative work.
image	object	An image of the creative work.
author	object	The author of this content.
creator	object	The creator/author of this CreativeWork.
editor	object	Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork.
publisher	object	The publisher of the creative work.
contributor	object	A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork.
datePublished	string	Date of first broadcast/publication.
dateCreated	string	The date on which the CreativeWork was created.
dateModified	string	The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified.
copyrightYear	integer	The year during which the claimed copyright was first asserted.
copyrightHolder	object	The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork.
license	object	A license document that applies to this content.
inLanguage	string	The language of the content (IETF BCP 47).
keywords	object	Keywords or tags used to describe this content.
genre	string	Genre of the creative work.
about	object	The subject matter of the content.
isPartOf	object	Indicates an item that this item is part of.
hasPart	object	Indicates an item that is part of this item.
position	object	The position of an item in a series or sequence of items.
version	object	The version of the CreativeWork.
encoding	object	A media object that encodes this CreativeWork.
encodingFormat	string	Media type expressed using a MIME format.
interactionStatistic	object	The number of interactions for the CreativeWork.
comment	object	Comments on this creative work.
commentCount	integer	The number of comments this CreativeWork has received.
review	object	A review of the item.
aggregateRating	object	The overall rating.
offers	object	An offer to provide this item.
accessMode	string	The human sensory perceptual system or cognitive faculty through which a person may process the content.
accessibilityFeature	object	Content features of the resource, such as accessible media, alternatives and supported enhancements for accessibility.
sameAs	object	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity.
identifier	string	The identifier property represents any kind of identifier.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://schema.org/schemas/creative-work.json",
  "title": "Schema.org CreativeWork",
  "description": "The most generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, etc.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["@type"],
  "properties": {
    "@type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The Schema.org type.",
      "enum": ["CreativeWork", "Article", "Blog", "Book", "Clip", "Comment", "Conversation", "Course", "Dataset", "DigitalDocument", "Drawing", "Episode", "Game", "Guide", "HowTo", "LegislationObject", "Map", "MediaObject", "Menu", "Message", "Movie", "MusicComposition", "MusicPlaylist", "MusicRecording", "Painting", "Photograph", "Play", "Poster", "PublicationIssue", "PublicationVolume", "Quotation", "Review", "Sculpture", "Season", "ShortStory", "SoftwareApplication", "SoftwareSourceCode", "TVSeries", "Thesis", "VisualArtwork", "WebContent", "WebPage", "WebSite"]
    },
    "@context": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The JSON-LD context URL.",
      "default": "https://schema.org"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of the creative work."
    },
    "headline": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 110,
      "description": "Headline of the article."
    },
    "alternativeHeadline": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A secondary title of the CreativeWork."
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A description of the creative work."
    },
    "text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The textual content of this CreativeWork."
    },
    "abstract": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "An abstract is a short description that summarizes a CreativeWork."
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL of the creative work."
    },
    "image": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
        { "$ref": "schema-org-image-object-schema.json" }
      ],
      "description": "An image of the creative work."
    },
    "author": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema-org-person-schema.json" },
        { "$ref": "schema-org-organization-schema.json" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "oneOf": [{ "$ref": "schema-org-person-schema.json" }, { "$ref": "schema-org-organization-schema.json" }] } }
      ],
      "description": "The author of this content."
    },
    "creator": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema-org-person-schema.json" },
        { "$ref": "schema-org-organization-schema.json" }
      ],
      "description": "The creator/author of this CreativeWork."
    },
    "editor": {
      "$ref": "schema-org-person-schema.json",
      "description": "Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork."
    },
    "publisher": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema-org-person-schema.json" },
        { "$ref": "schema-org-organization-schema.json" }
      ],
      "description": "The publisher of the creative work."
    },
    "contributor": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema-org-person-schema.json" },
        { "$ref": "schema-org-organization-schema.json" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "oneOf": [{ "$ref": "schema-org-person-schema.json" }, { "$ref": "schema-org-organization-schema.json" }] } }
      ],
      "description": "A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork."
    },
    "datePublished": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Date of first broadcast/publication."
    },
    "dateCreated": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "The date on which the CreativeWork was created."
    },
    "dateModified": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified."
    },
    "copyrightYear": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The year during which the claimed copyright was first asserted."
    },
    "copyrightHolder": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema-org-person-schema.json" },
        { "$ref": "schema-org-organization-schema.json" }
      ],
      "description": "The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork."
    },
    "license": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
        { "type": "object", "properties": { "@type": { "const": "CreativeWork" }, "name": { "type": "string" }, "url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" } } }
      ],
      "description": "A license document that applies to this content."
    },
    "inLanguage": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The language of the content (IETF BCP 47)."
    },
    "keywords": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "type": "string" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
      ],
      "description": "Keywords or tags used to describe this content."
    },
    "genre": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Genre of the creative work."
    },
    "about": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The subject matter of the content.",
      "properties": {
        "@type": { "type": "string" },
        "name": { "type": "string" }
      }
    },
    "isPartOf": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "#" },
        { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }
      ],
      "description": "Indicates an item that this item is part of."
    },
    "hasPart": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "#" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "#" } }
      ],
      "description": "Indicates an item that is part of this item."
    },
    "position": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "type": "string" },
        { "type": "integer" }
      ],
      "description": "The position of an item in a series or sequence of items."
    },
    "version": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "type": "string" },
        { "type": "number" }
      ],
      "description": "The version of the CreativeWork."
    },
    "encoding": {
      "$ref": "schema-org-media-object-schema.json",
      "description": "A media object that encodes this CreativeWork."
    },
    "encodingFormat": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Media type expressed using a MIME format."
    },
    "interactionStatistic": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The number of interactions for the CreativeWork.",
      "properties": {
        "@type": { "type": "string", "const": "InteractionCounter" },
        "interactionType": { "type": "string", "description": "The Action representing the interaction." },
        "userInteractionCount": { "type": "integer", "description": "The number of interactions." }
      }
    },
    "comment": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "type": "object", "properties": { "@type": { "const": "Comment" }, "text": { "type": "string" } } },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "@type": { "const": "Comment" }, "text": { "type": "string" } } } }
      ],
      "description": "Comments on this creative work."
    },
    "commentCount": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The number of comments this CreativeWork has received."
    },
    "review": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema-org-review-schema.json" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "schema-org-review-schema.json" } }
      ],
      "description": "A review of the item."
    },
    "aggregateRating": {
      "$ref": "schema-org-aggregate-rating-schema.json",
      "description": "The overall rating."
    },
    "offers": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema-org-offer-schema.json" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "schema-org-offer-schema.json" } }
      ],
      "description": "An offer to provide this item."
    },
    "accessMode": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The human sensory perceptual system or cognitive faculty through which a person may process the content."
    },
    "accessibilityFeature": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "type": "string" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
      ],
      "description": "Content features of the resource, such as accessible media, alternatives and supported enhancements for accessibility."
    },
    "sameAs": {
      "oneOf": [
        { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" } }
      ],
      "description": "URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity."
    },
    "identifier": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The identifier property represents any kind of identifier."
    }
  }
}