APIReference
schema:Thing > schema:CreativeWork > schema:Article > schema:TechArticle > schema:APIReference
Reference documentation for application programming interfaces (APIs).
| Property | Expected Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| Properties from schema:APIReference | ||
schema:assembly
     | 
 schema:Text | Library file name e.g., mscorlib.dll, system.web.dll. | 
schema:assemblyVersion
     | 
 schema:Text | Associated product/technology version. e.g., .NET Framework 4.5. | 
schema:programmingModel
     | 
 schema:Text | Indicates whether API is managed or unmanaged. | 
schema:targetPlatform
     | 
 schema:Text | Type of app development: phone, Metro style, desktop, XBox, etc. | 
| Properties from schema:TechArticle | ||
schema:dependencies
     | 
 schema:Text | Prerequisites needed to fulfill steps in article. | 
schema:proficiencyLevel
     | 
 schema:Text | Proficiency needed for this content; expected values: 'Beginner', 'Expert'. | 
| Properties from schema:Article | ||
schema:articleBody
     | 
 schema:Text | The actual body of the article. | 
schema:articleSection
     | 
 schema:Text | Articles may belong to one or more 'sections' in a magazine or newspaper, such as Sports, Lifestyle, etc. | 
schema:pageEnd
     | 
 
schema:Text  or  schema:Integer  | The page on which the work ends; for example "138" or "xvi". | 
schema:pageStart
     | 
 
schema:Text  or  schema:Integer  | The page on which the work starts; for example "135" or "xiii". | 
schema:pagination
     | 
 schema:Text | Any description of pages that is not separated into pageStart and pageEnd; for example, "1-6, 9, 55" or "10-12, 46-49". | 
schema:wordCount
     | 
 schema:Integer | The number of words in the text of the Article. | 
| Properties from schema:CreativeWork | ||
schema:about
     | 
 schema:Thing | The subject matter of the content. | 
schema:accessibilityAPI
     | 
 schema:Text | Indicates that the resource is compatible with the referenced accessibility API (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values). | 
schema:accessibilityControl
     | 
 schema:Text | Identifies input methods that are sufficient to fully control the described resource (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values). | 
schema:accessibilityFeature
     | 
 schema:Text | Content features of the resource, such as accessible media, alternatives and supported enhancements for accessibility (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values). | 
schema:accessibilityHazard
     | 
 schema: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). | 
schema:accountablePerson
     | 
 schema:Person | Specifies the Person that is legally accountable for the CreativeWork. | 
schema:aggregateRating
     | 
 schema:AggregateRating | The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item. | 
schema:alternativeHeadline
     | 
 schema:Text | A secondary title of the CreativeWork. | 
schema:associatedMedia
     | 
 schema:MediaObject | A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for encoding. | 
schema:audience
     | 
 schema:Audience | The intended audience of the item, i.e. the group for whom the item was created. | 
schema:audio
     | 
 schema:AudioObject | An embedded audio object. | 
schema:author
     | 
 
schema:Organization  or  schema:Person  | 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. | 
schema:award
     | 
 schema:Text | An award won by this person or for this creative work. Supersedes schema:awards. | 
schema:character
     | 
 schema:Person | Fictional person connected with a creative work. | 
schema:citation
     | 
 
schema:Text  or  schema:CreativeWork  | A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc. | 
schema:comment
     | 
 
schema:UserComments  or  schema:Comment  | Comments, typically from users, on this CreativeWork. | 
schema:commentCount
     | 
 schema: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. | 
schema:contentLocation
     | 
 schema:Place | The location of the content. | 
schema:contentRating
     | 
 schema:Text | Official rating of a piece of content—for example,'MPAA PG-13'. | 
schema:contributor
     | 
 
schema:Organization  or  schema:Person  | A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork. | 
schema:copyrightHolder
     | 
 
schema:Organization  or  schema:Person  | The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork. | 
schema:copyrightYear
     | 
 schema:Number | The year during which the claimed copyright for the CreativeWork was first asserted. | 
schema:creator
     | 
 
schema:Organization  or  bgn:Agent or schema:Person  | The creator/author of this CreativeWork or UserComments. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork. | 
schema:dateCreated
     | 
 schema:Date | The date on which the CreativeWork was created. | 
schema:dateModified
     | 
 schema:Date | The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified. | 
schema:datePublished
     | 
 schema:Date | Date of first broadcast/publication. | 
schema:discussionUrl
     | 
 schema:URL | A link to the page containing the comments of the CreativeWork. | 
schema:editor
     | 
 schema:Person | Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork. | 
schema:educationalAlignment
     | 
 schema:AlignmentObject | An alignment to an established educational framework. | 
schema:educationalUse
     | 
 schema:Text | The purpose of a work in the context of education; for example, 'assignment', 'group work'. | 
schema:encoding
     | 
 schema:MediaObject | A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for associatedMedia. Supersedes schema:encodings. | 
schema:exampleOfWork
     | 
 schema:CreativeWork | A creative work that this work is an example/instance/realization/derivation of. Inverse property: schema:workExample.  | 
schema:genre
     | 
 schema:Text | Genre of the creative work or group. | 
schema:hasPart
     | 
 schema:CreativeWork | Indicates a CreativeWork that is (in some sense) a part of this CreativeWork. Inverse property: schema:isPartOf.  | 
schema:headline
     | 
 schema:Text | Headline of the article. | 
schema:inLanguage
     | 
 schema:Text | The language of the content. please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard. | 
schema:interactionCount
     | 
 schema: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. | 
schema:interactivityType
     | 
 schema:Text | The predominant mode of learning supported by the learning resource. Acceptable values are 'active', 'expositive', or 'mixed'. | 
schema:isBasedOnUrl
     | 
 schema: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. | 
schema:isFamilyFriendly
     | 
 schema:Boolean | Indicates whether this content is family friendly. | 
schema:isPartOf
     | 
 schema:CreativeWork | Indicates a CreativeWork that this CreativeWork is (in some sense) part of. Inverse property: schema:hasPart.  | 
schema:keywords
     | 
 schema:Text | Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas. | 
schema:learningResourceType
     | 
 schema:Text | The predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource. For example, 'presentation', 'handout'. | 
schema:license
     | 
 
schema:URL  or  schema:CreativeWork  | A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL. | 
schema:mentions
     | 
 schema:Thing | Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept. | 
schema:offers
     | 
 schema: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. | 
schema:position
     | 
 
schema:Text  or  schema:Integer  | The position of an item in a series or sequence of items. | 
schema:producer
     | 
 
schema:Person  or  schema:Organization  | The person or organization who produced the work (e.g. music album, movie, tv/radio series etc.). | 
schema:provider
     | 
 
schema:Person  or  schema: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 the seller. Supersedes schema:carrier. | 
schema:publisher
     | 
 schema:Organization | The publisher of the creative work. | 
schema:publishingPrinciples
     | 
 schema:URL | Link to page describing the editorial principles of the organization primarily responsible for the creation of the CreativeWork. | 
schema:recordedAt
     | 
 schema:Event | The Event where the CreativeWork was recorded. The CreativeWork may capture all or part of the event. Inverse property: schema:recordedIn.  | 
schema:releasedEvent
     | 
 schema:PublicationEvent | The place and time the release was issued, expressed as a PublicationEvent. | 
schema:review
     | 
 schema:Review | A review of the item. Supersedes schema:reviews. | 
schema:sourceOrganization
     | 
 schema:Organization | The Organization on whose behalf the creator was working. | 
schema:text
     | 
 schema:Text | The textual content of this CreativeWork. | 
schema:thumbnailUrl
     | 
 schema:URL | A thumbnail image relevant to the Thing. | 
schema:timeRequired
     | 
 schema: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'. | 
bgn:translationOfWork
     | 
 schema:CreativeWork | The work that this work has been translated from. e.g. 物种起源 is a translationOf “On the Origin of Species” Inverse property: bgn:workTranslation.  | 
schema:translator
     | 
 
schema:Person  or  bgn:Agent or schema:Organization  | An agent responsible for rendering a translated work from a source work | 
schema:typicalAgeRange
     | 
 schema:Text | The typical expected age range, e.g. '7-9', '11-'. | 
schema:version
     | 
 schema:Number | The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource. | 
schema:video
     | 
 schema:VideoObject | An embedded video object. | 
schema:workExample
     | 
 schema:CreativeWork | Example/instance/realization/derivation of the concept of this creative work. eg. The paperback edition, first edition, or eBook. Inverse property: schema:exampleOfWork.  | 
bgn:workTranslation
     | 
 schema: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 Tây du ký bình khảo. Inverse property: bgn:translationOfWork.  | 
| Properties from schema:Thing | ||
schema:additionalType
     | 
 schema: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. | 
schema:alternateName
     | 
 schema:Text | An alias for the item. | 
schema:description
     | 
 schema:Text | A short description of the item. | 
schema:image
     | 
 
schema:ImageObject  or  schema:URL  | An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject. | 
schema:name
     | 
 schema:Text | The name of the item. | 
schema:potentialAction
     | 
 schema:Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. | 
schema:sameAs
     | 
 schema: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. | 
schema:url
     | 
 schema:URL | URL of the item. | 
Prefixes used:
BiblioGraph.net Version 1.1
Schema.org Version 1.93
Code Version 1.1