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# ImageObject

#### Thing > CreativeWork > MediaObject > ImageObject

An image file.
Usage: Over 1,000,000 domains

Property | Expected Type | Description
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Properties from ImageObject
`caption` | Text | The caption for this object.
`exifData` | PropertyValue or Text | exif data for this object.
`representativeOfPage` | Boolean | Indicates whether this image is representative of the content of the page.
`thumbnail` | ImageObject | Thumbnail image for an image or video.
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.
`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.
`encodesCreativeWork` | CreativeWork | The CreativeWork 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 or QuantitativeValue | The height of the item.
`playerType` | Text | Player type required—for example, Flash or Silverlight.
`productionCompany` | Organization | The production company or studio responsible for the item e.g. series, video game, episode etc.
`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 `true` or `false` (note that an earlier version had 'yes', 'no').
`uploadDate` | Date | Date when this media object was uploaded to this site.
`width` | Distance or QuantitativeValue | The width of the item.
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 | An intended audience, i.e. a group for whom something was created. Supersedes serviceAudience.
`audio` | AudioObject | An embedded audio object.
`author` | Organization or 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.
`award` | Text | An award won by or for this item. Supersedes awards.
`character` | Person | Fictional person connected with a creative work.
`citation` | CreativeWork or Text | A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.
`comment` | Comment | Comments, typically from users.
`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 depicted or described in the content. For example, the location in a photograph or painting.
`contentRating` | Text | Official rating of a piece of content—for example,'MPAA PG-13'.
`contributor` | Organization or Person | A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork or Event.
`copyrightHolder` | Organization or Person | 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` | Organization or Person | The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.
`dateCreated` | Date or DateTime | The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed.
`dateModified` | Date or DateTime | The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified or when the item's entry was modified within a DataFeed.
`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. Supersedes encodings.
`exampleOfWork` | CreativeWork | A creative work that this work is an example/instance/realization/derivation of. Inverse property: workExample.
`fileFormat` | Text | Media type (aka MIME format, see IANA site) of the content e.g. application/zip of a SoftwareApplication binary. In cases where a CreativeWork has several media type representations, 'encoding' can be used to indicate each MediaObject alongside particular fileFormat information.
`genre` | Text | Genre of the creative work or group.
`hasPart` | CreativeWork | Indicates a CreativeWork that is (in some sense) a part of this CreativeWork. Inverse property: isPartOf.
`headline` | Text | Headline of the article.
`inLanguage` | Language or Text | The language of the content or performance or used in an action. Please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard. See also availableLanguage. Supersedes language.
`interactionStatistic` | InteractionCounter | The number of interactions for the CreativeWork using the WebSite or SoftwareApplication. The most specific child type of InteractionCounter should be used. Supersedes interactionCount.
`interactivityType` | Text | The predominant mode of learning supported by the learning resource. Acceptable values are 'active', 'expositive', or 'mixed'.
`isBasedOn` | CreativeWork or Product or 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. Supersedes isBasedOnUrl.
`isFamilyFriendly` | Boolean | Indicates whether this content is family friendly.
`isPartOf` | CreativeWork | Indicates a CreativeWork that this CreativeWork is (in some sense) part of. Inverse property: hasPart.
`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` | CreativeWork or URL | A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL.
`locationCreated` | Place | The location where the CreativeWork was created, which may not be the same as the location depicted in the CreativeWork.
`mainEntity` | Thing | Indicates the primary entity described in some page or other CreativeWork. Inverse property: mainEntityOfPage.
`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, perform a service, or give away tickets to an event.
`position` | Integer or Text | The position of an item in a series or sequence of items.
`producer` | Organization or Person | The person or organization who produced the work (e.g. music album, movie, tv/radio series etc.).
`provider` | Organization or Person | 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 carrier.
`publication` | PublicationEvent | A publication event associated with the item.
`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.
`recordedAt` | Event | The Event where the CreativeWork was recorded. The CreativeWork may capture all or part of the event. Inverse property: recordedIn.
`releasedEvent` | PublicationEvent | The place and time the release was issued, expressed as a PublicationEvent.
`review` | Review | A review of the item. Supersedes reviews.
`schemaVersion` | Text or URL | Indicates (by URL or string) a particular version of a schema used in some CreativeWork. For example, a document could declare a schemaVersion using an URL such as http://schema.org/version/2.0/ if precise indication of schema version was required by some application.
`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'.
`translator` | Organization or Person | Organization or person who adapts a creative work to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market, or that translates during some event.
`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.
`workExample` | CreativeWork | Example/instance/realization/derivation of the concept of this creative work. eg. The paperback edition, first edition, or eBook. Inverse property: exampleOfWork.
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 description of the item.
`disambiguatingDescription` | Text | A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
`image` | ImageObject or URL | An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
`mainEntityOfPage` | CreativeWork or URL | Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details. Inverse property: mainEntity.
`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.

Instances of ImageObject may appear as values for the following properties

Property | On Types | Description
--- | --- | ---
`diagram` | AnatomicalStructure | An image containing a diagram that illustrates the structure and/or its component substructures and/or connections with other structures.
`image` | Thing | An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
`logo` | Brand or Organization or Place or Product or Service | An associated logo.
`photo` | Place | A photograph of this place. Supersedes photos.
`primaryImageOfPage` | WebPage | Indicates the main image on the page.
`screenshot` | SoftwareApplication | A link to a screenshot image of the app.
`thumbnail` | ImageObject or VideoObject | Thumbnail image for an image or video.

#### Available properties in extensions

- For CreativeWork in the bib extension: publisherImprint, translationOfWork, workTranslation
- For CreativeWork in the pending extension: accessMode, accessModeSufficient, accessibilitySummary, contentReferenceTime

More specific Types

- Barcode

Examples
Example 1
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD

    <h2>Beach in Mexico</h2>
    <img src="mexico-beach.jpg" alt="" />
    By Jane Doe
    Photographed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
    Date uploaded: Jan 25, 2008
    I took this picture while on vacation last year.
    <!-- We assume the following EXIF meta-data is available, but currently not shown:
    Exposure Time:    1/659 sec.
    FNumber:          f/4.0
    MaxApertureValue: 2.00
    Metering Mode:    Pattern
    Flash:            Flash did not fire.
    -->

    <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject">
      <h2 itemprop="name">Beach in Mexico</h2>
      <img src="mexico-beach.jpg" alt="" itemprop="contentUrl" />
      By <span itemprop="author">Jane Doe</span>
      Photographed in
        <span itemprop="contentLocation">Puerto Vallarta, Mexico</span>
      Date uploaded:
        <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2008-01-25">Jan 25, 2008
      <span itemprop="description">I took this picture while on vacation last year.</span>
    <!-- Note: We do not split value strings in unit and value information, since this the raw EXIF data does not provide this granularity. If you are able to separate the unit, you can use the unitText property -->
      <div itemprop="exifData" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">
          <meta itemprop="name" content="Exposure Time">
          <meta itemprop="value" content="1/659 sec.">
      </div>
      <div itemprop="exifData" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">
          <meta itemprop="name" content="FNumber">
          <meta itemprop="value" content="f/4.0">
      </div>
      <div itemprop="exifData" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">
          <meta itemprop="name" content="MaxApertureValue">
          <meta itemprop="value" content="2.00">
      </div>
      <div itemprop="exifData" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">
          <meta itemprop="name" content="Metering Mode">
          <meta itemprop="value" content="Pattern">
      </div>
      <div itemprop="exifData" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">
          <meta itemprop="name" content="Flash">
          <meta itemprop="value" content="Flash did not fire.">
      </div>
    </div>

    <div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="ImageObject">
      <h2 property="name">Beach in Mexico</h2>
      <img src="mexico-beach.jpg" alt="" property="contentUrl" />
      By <span property="author">Jane Doe</span>
      Photographed in
        <span property="contentLocation">Puerto Vallarta, Mexico</span>
      Date uploaded:
        <meta property="datePublished" content="2008-01-25">Jan 25, 2008
      <span property="description">I took this picture while on vacation last year.</span>
    <!-- Note: We do not split value strings in unit and value information, since this the raw EXIF data does not provide this granularity. If you are able to separate the unit, you can use the unitText property -->
      <div property="exifData" typeOf="PropertyValue">
          <meta property="name" content="Exposure Time">
          <meta property="value" content="1/659 sec.">
      </div>
      <div property="exifData" typeOf="PropertyValue">
          <meta property="name" content="FNumber">
          <meta property="value" content="f/4.0">
      </div>
      <div property="exifData" typeOf="PropertyValue">
          <meta property="name" content="MaxApertureValue">
          <meta property="value" content="2.00">
      </div>
      <div property="exifData" typeOf="PropertyValue">
          <meta property="name" content="Metering Mode">
          <meta property="value" content="Pattern">
      </div>
      <div property="exifData" typeOf="PropertyValue">
          <meta property="name" content="Flash">
          <meta property="value" content="Flash did not fire.">
      </div>
    </div>

    <script type="application/ld+json">
    {
      "@context": "http://schema.org",
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "author": "Jane Doe",
      "contentLocation": "Puerto Vallarta, Mexico",
      "contentUrl": "mexico-beach.jpg",
      "datePublished": "2008-01-25",
      "description": "I took this picture while on vacation last year.",
      "name": "Beach in Mexico"
      "exifData": [
        {
          "@type": "PropertyValue",
          "name": "Exposure Time",
          "value": "1/659 sec."
        },
        {
         "@type": "PropertyValue",
          "name": "FNumber",
          "value": "f/4.0"
        },
        {
          "@type": "PropertyValue",
          "name": "MaxApertureValue",
          "value": "2.00"
        },
        {
          "@type": "PropertyValue",
          "name": "Metering Mode",
          "value": "Pattern"
        },
        {
          "@type": "PropertyValue",
          "name": "Flash",
          "value": "Flash did not fire."
        }
      ]
    }
    </script>

Example 2
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD

    <h2>Beach in Mexico</h2>
    <img src="mexico-beach.jpg" alt="Sunny, sandy beach."/>
    By Jane Doe
    Photographed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
    Date uploaded: Jan 25, 2008
    I took this picture while on vacation last year.

    <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject">
      <h2 itemprop="name">Beach in Mexico</h2>
      <img src="mexico-beach.jpg"
      alt="Sunny, sandy beach."
      itemprop="contentUrl" />
      By <span itemprop="author">Jane Doe</span>
      Photographed in
        <span itemprop="contentLocation">Puerto Vallarta, Mexico</span>
      Date uploaded:
        <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2008-01-25">Jan 25, 2008
      <span itemprop="description">I took this picture while on vacation last year.</span>
    </div>

    <div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="ImageObject">
      <h2 property="name">Beach in Mexico</h2>
      <img src="mexico-beach.jpg" alt="Sunny, sandy beach."
      property="contentUrl" />
      By <span property="author">Jane Doe</span>
      Photographed in
        <span property="contentLocation">Puerto Vallarta, Mexico</span>
      Date uploaded:
        <meta property="datePublished" content="2008-01-25">Jan 25, 2008
      <span property="description">I took this picture while on vacation last year.</span>
    </div>

    <script type="application/ld+json">
    {
      "@context": "http://schema.org",
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "author": "Jane Doe",
      "contentLocation": "Puerto Vallarta, Mexico",
      "contentUrl": "mexico-beach.jpg",
      "datePublished": "2008-01-25",
      "description": "I took this picture while on vacation last year.",
      "name": "Beach in Mexico"
    }
    </script>

Schema Version 3.0