Thing > CreativeWork > 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 declaration if these properties are specified, but if they are found outside of an itemscope, they will be assumed to be about the page
PropertyExpected TypeDescription
Properties from WebPage
breadcrumb Text A set of links that can help a user understand and navigate a website hierarchy.
lastReviewed Date Date on which the content on this web page was last reviewed for accuracy and/or completeness.
mainContentOfPage WebPageElement Indicates if this web page element is the main subject of the page.
primaryImageOfPage ImageObject Indicates the main image on the page.
relatedLink URL A link related to this web page, for example to other related web pages.
reviewedBy Person  or
Organization 		People or organizations that have reviewed the content on this web page for accuracy and/or completeness.
significantLink URL One of the more significant URLs on the page. Typically, these are the non-navigation links that are clicked on the most. Supercedes significantLinks.
specialty Specialty One of the domain specialities to which this web page's content applies.
Properties from CreativeWork
about Thing The subject matter of the content.
accessibilityAPI Text Indicates that the resource is compatible with the referenced accessibility API (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
accessibilityControl Text Identifies input methods that are sufficient to fully control the described resource (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
accessibilityFeature Text Content features of the resource, such as accessible media, alternatives and supported enhancements for accessibility (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
accessibilityHazard Text A characteristic of the described resource that is physiologically dangerous to some users. Related to WCAG 2.0 guideline 2.3. (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values)
accountablePerson Person Specifies the Person that is legally accountable for the CreativeWork.
aggregateRating AggregateRating The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
alternativeHeadline Text A secondary title of the CreativeWork.
associatedMedia MediaObject A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for encoding.
audience Audience The intended audience of the item, i.e. the group for whom the item was created.
audio AudioObject An embedded audio object.
author Person  or
Organization 		The author of this content. 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 used interchangeably.
award Text An award won by this person or for this creative work. Supercedes awards.
citation Text  or
CreativeWork 		A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.
comment UserComments  or
Comment 		Comments, typically from users, on this CreativeWork.
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 exist elsewhere.
contentLocation Place The location of the content.
contentRating Text Official rating of a piece of content—for example,'MPAA PG-13'.
contributor Person  or
Organization 		A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork.
copyrightHolder Person  or
Organization 		The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork.
copyrightYear Number The year during which the claimed copyright for the CreativeWork was first asserted.
creator Person  or
Organization 		The creator/author of this CreativeWork or UserComments. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.
dateCreated Date The date on which the CreativeWork was created.
dateModified Date The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified.
datePublished Date Date of first broadcast/publication.
discussionUrl URL A link to the page containing the comments of the CreativeWork.
editor Person Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork.
educationalAlignment AlignmentObject An alignment to an established educational framework.
educationalUse 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. Supercedes encodings.
genre Text Genre of the creative work
headline Text Headline of the article
inLanguage Text The language of the content. please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard.
interactionCount Text A count of a specific user interactions with this item—for example, 20 UserLikes, 5 UserComments, or 300 UserDownloads. The user interaction type should be one of the sub types of UserInteraction.
interactivityType Text The predominant mode of learning supported by the learning resource. Acceptable values are 'active', 'expositive', or 'mixed'.
isBasedOnUrl 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 CreativeWork Indicates a CreativeWork that this CreativeWork is (in some sense) part of.
keywords Text Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas.
learningResourceType Text The predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource. For example, 'presentation', 'handout'.
license URL  or
CreativeWork 		A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL.
mentions Thing Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept.
offers Offer An offer to provide this item—for example, an offer to sell a product, rent the DVD of a movie, or give away tickets to an event.
provider Person  or
Organization 		The person or organization providing the service, reservation, or creative work. The provider may subcontract out the service.
publisher Organization The publisher of the creative work.
publishingPrinciples URL Link to page describing the editorial principles of the organization primarily responsible for the creation of the CreativeWork.
review Review A review of the item. Supercedes reviews.
sourceOrganization Organization The Organization on whose behalf the creator was working.
text Text The textual content of this CreativeWork.
thumbnailUrl URL A thumbnail image relevant to the Thing.
timeRequired Duration Approximate or typical time it takes to work with or through this learning resource for the typical intended target audience, e.g. 'P30M', 'P1H25M'.
typicalAgeRange Text The typical expected age range, e.g. '7-9', '11-'.
version Number The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.
video VideoObject An embedded video object.
Properties from Thing
additionalType 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 in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
alternateName Text An alias for the item.
description Text A short description of the item.
image URL  or
ImageObject 		URL of an image of the item.
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, Freebase page, or official website.
url URL URL of the item.

More specific Types
  • AboutPage
  • CheckoutPage
  • CollectionPage
  • ContactPage
  • ItemPage
  • MedicalWebPage
  • ProfilePage
  • QAPage
  • SearchResultsPage

    Examples

    Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
    <a href="category/books.html">Books</a> >
 <a href="category/books-literature.html">Literature & Fiction</a> >
 <a href="category/books-classics">Classics</a>
<img src="catcher-in-the-rye-book-cover.jpg" />
The Catcher in the Rye - Mass Market Paperback
by <a href="/author/jd_salinger.html">J.D. Salinger</a>
4 stars - 3077 reviews
Price: $6.99
In Stock
Product details
224 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company - May 1, 1991
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316769487
Reviews:
5 stars - <b>"A masterpiece of literature" </b>
by John Doe. Written on May 4, 2006
I really enjoyed this book. It captures the essential challenge people face
as they try make sense of their lives and grow to adulthood.
4 stars - <b>"love it LOLOL111!" </b>
by Bob Smith, Written on June 15, 2006
Catcher in the Rye is a fun book. It's a good book to read.

    <body itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage">
...
<div itemprop="breadcrumb">
  <a href="category/books.html">Books</a> >
  <a href="category/books-literature.html">Literature & Fiction</a> >
  <a href="category/books-classics">Classics</a>
</div>
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Book">
<img itemprop="image" src="catcher-in-the-rye-book-cover.jpg" />
<span itemprop="name">The Catcher in the Rye</span> -
 <link itemprop="bookFormat" href="http://schema.org/Paperback">Mass Market Paperback
by <a itemprop="author" href="/author/jd_salinger.html">J.D. Salinger</a>
<div itemprop="aggregateRating" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AggregateRating">
  <span itemprop="ratingValue">4</span> stars -
  <span itemprop="reviewCount">3077</span> reviews
</div>
<div itemprop="offers" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">
  Price: <span itemprop="price">$6.99</span>
  <meta itemprop="priceCurrency" content="USD" />
  <link itemprop="availability" href="http://schema.org/InStock">In Stock
</div>
Product details
<span itemprop="numberOfPages">224</span> pages
Publisher: <span itemprop="publisher">Little, Brown, and Company</span> -
 <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="1991-05-01">May 1, 1991
Language: <span itemprop="inLanguage">English</span>
ISBN-10: <span itemprop="isbn">0316769487</span>
Reviews:
<div itemprop="review" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Review">
  <span itemprop="reviewRating">5</span> stars -
  <b>"<span itemprop="name">A masterpiece of literature</span>" </b>
  by <span itemprop="author">John Doe</span>,
  Written on <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2006-05-04">May 4, 2006
  <span itemprop="reviewBody">I really enjoyed this book. It captures the essential
  challenge people face as they try make sense of their lives and grow to adulthood.</span>
</div>
<div itemprop="review" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Review">
  <span itemprop="reviewRating">4</span> stars -
  <b>"<span itemprop="name">A good read.</span>" </b>
  by <span itemprop="author">Bob Smith</span>,
  Written on <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2006-06-15">June 15, 2006
  <span itemprop="reviewBody">Catcher in the Rye is a fun book. It's a good book to read.</span>
</div>
</div>
...
</body>

    <body vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="WebPage">
...
<div property="breadcrumb">
  <a href="category/books.html">Books</a> >
  <a href="category/books-literature.html">Literature & Fiction</a> >
  <a href="category/books-classics">Classics</a>
</div>
<div  typeof="Book">
<img property="image" src="catcher-in-the-rye-book-cover.jpg" />
<span property="name">The Catcher in the Rye</span> -
 <link property="bookFormat" href="http://schema.org/Paperback">Mass Market Paperback
by <a property="author" href="/author/jd_salinger.html">J.D. Salinger</a>
<div property="aggregateRating"  typeof="AggregateRating">
  <span property="ratingValue">4</span> stars -
  <span property="reviewCount">3077</span> reviews
</div>
<div property="offers"  typeof="Offer">
  Price: <span property="price">$6.99</span>
  <meta property="priceCurrency" content="USD" />
  <link property="availability" href="http://schema.org/InStock">In Stock
</div>
Product details
<span property="numberOfPages">224</span> pages
Publisher: <span property="publisher">Little, Brown, and Company</span> -
 <meta property="datePublished" content="1991-05-01">May 1, 1991
Language: <span property="inLanguage">English</span>
ISBN-10: <span property="isbn">0316769487</span>
Reviews:
<div property="review"  typeof="Review">
  <span property="reviewRating">5</span> stars -
  <b>"<span property="name">A masterpiece of literature</span>" </b>
  by <span property="author">John Doe</span>,
  Written on <meta property="datePublished" content="2006-05-04">May 4, 2006
  <span property="reviewBody">I really enjoyed this book. It captures the essential
  challenge people face as they try make sense of their lives and grow to adulthood.</span>
</div>
<div property="review"  typeof="Review">
  <span property="reviewRating">4</span> stars -
  <b>"<span property="name">A good read.</span>" </b>
  by <span property="author">Bob Smith</span>,
  Written on <meta property="datePublished" content="2006-06-15">June 15, 2006
  <span property="reviewBody">Catcher in the Rye is a fun book. It's a good book to read.</span>
</div>
</div>
...
</body>

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    Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
    How to Tie a Reef Knot
by John Doe
This article has been tweeted 1203 times and contains 78 user comments.

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  <span itemprop="name">How to Tie a Reef Knot</span>
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  This article has been tweeted 1203 times and contains 78 user comments.
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  <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:78"/>
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  <span property="name">How to Tie a Reef Knot</span>
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  This article has been tweeted 1203 times and contains 78 user comments.
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  <meta property="interactionCount" content="UserComments:78"/>
</div>

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    Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
    <body>
  <h1>Lecture 12: Graphs, networks, incidence matrices</h1>
  <p>These video lectures of Professor Gilbert
    Strang teaching 18.06 were  recorded in Fall 1999 and do not
    correspond precisely to the current  edition of the textbook.</p>
  <div>
    <h4>About <span>MIT OpenCourseWare</span></h4>
  </div>
  <a
    rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/deed.en_US"><img
    src="/images/cc_by-nc-sa.png" alt="Creative Commons logo with terms BY-NC-SA." /></a>
</body>

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  <p itemprop="description">These video lectures of Professor Gilbert
    Strang teaching 18.06 were  recorded in Fall 1999 and do not
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  <div itemprop="publisher" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CollegeOrUniversity">
    <h4 class="footer">About <span itemprop="name">MIT OpenCourseWare</span></h4>
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    rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/deed.en_US"><img
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