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Thing > CreativeWork > MediaObject

An image, video, or audio object embedded in a web page. Note that a creative work may have many media objects associated with it on the same web page. For example, a page about a single song (MusicRecording) may have a music video (VideoObject), and a high and low bandwidth audio stream (2 AudioObject's).

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from Thing
`description`	Text	A short description of the item.
`image`	URL	URL of an image of the item.
`name`	Text	The name of the item.
`url`	URL	URL of the item.
Properties from CreativeWork
`about`	Thing	The subject matter of the content.
`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	The media objects that encode this creative work. This property is a synonym for encodings.
`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.
`awards`	Text	Awards won by this person or for this creative work. (legacy spelling; see singular form, award)
`comment`	UserComments	Comments, typically from users, on this CreativeWork.
`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.
`encoding`	MediaObject	A media object that encode this CreativeWork.
`encodings`	MediaObject	The media objects that encode this creative work (legacy spelling; see singular form, encoding).
`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.
`isFamilyFriendly`	Boolean	Indicates whether this content is family friendly.
`keywords`	Text	The keywords/tags used to describe this content.
`mentions`	Thing	Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept.
`offers`	Offer	An offer to sell this item—for example, an offer to sell a product, the DVD of a movie, or tickets to an event.
`provider`	Person or Organization	Specifies the Person or Organization that distributed the CreativeWork.
`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.
`reviews`	Review	Review of the item (legacy spelling; see singular form, review).
`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.
`version`	Number	The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.
`video`	VideoObject	An embedded video object.
Properties from MediaObject
`associatedArticle`	NewsArticle	A NewsArticle associated with the Media Object.
`bitrate`	Text	The bitrate of the media object.
`contentSize`	Text	File size in (mega/kilo) bytes.
`contentUrl`	URL	Actual bytes of the media object, for example the image file or video file. (previous spelling: contentURL)
`duration`	Duration	The duration of the item (movie, audio recording, event, etc.) in ISO 8601 date format.
`embedUrl`	URL	A URL pointing to a player for a specific video. In general, this is the information in the `src` element of an `embed` tag and should not be the same as the content of the `loc` tag. (previous spelling: embedURL)
`encodesCreativeWork`	CreativeWork	The creative work encoded by this media object
`encodingFormat`	Text	mp3, mpeg4, etc.
`expires`	Date	Date the content expires and is no longer useful or available. Useful for videos.
`height`	Distance	The height of the media object.
`playerType`	Text	Player type required—for example, Flash or Silverlight.
`regionsAllowed`	Place	The regions where the media is allowed. If not specified, then it's assumed to be allowed everywhere. Specify the countries in ISO 3166 format.
`requiresSubscription`	Boolean	Indicates if use of the media require a subscription (either paid or free). Allowed values are `yes` or `no`.
`uploadDate`	Date	Date when this media object was uploaded to this site.
`width`	Distance	The width of the media object.

More specific types

Schema Draft Version 0.9

Example 1

Original HTML:

<b>12oclock_girona.mp3</b>
Total Time: 0m:15s - Recorded on a terrace of Girona a sunday morning
composed by Roger

 <script type="text/javascript">
var fo = new FlashObject("http://google.com/flash/preview-player.swf", "flashPlayer_719", "358", "16", "6", "#FFFFFF");fo.addVariable("url", "http://media.freesound.org/data/0/previews/719__elmomo__12oclock_girona_preview.mp3");fo.addVariable("autostart", "0");fo.write("flashcontent_719");
</script>

With Microdata:

<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AudioObject">
  <span itemprop="name"><b>12oclock_girona.mp3</b></span>

<script type="text/javascript">
  var fo = new FlashObject("http://google.com/flash/preview-player.swf",
  "flashPlayer_719", "358", "16", "6", "#FFFFFF");fo.addVariable("url","http://media.freesound.org/data/0/previews/719__elmomo__12oclock_girona_preview.mp3");fo.addVariable("autostart", "0");fo.write("flashcontent_719");
</script>

<meta itemprop="encodingFormat" content="mp3" />
 <meta itemprop="contentURL" content="http://media.freesound.org/data/0/previews/719__elmomo__12oclock_girona_preview.mp3" />

<span class="description">
  		<meta itemprop="duration" content="T0M15S" />
  		<span itemprop="description">Recorded on a terrace of Girona a sunday morning</span>
</span>
</div>