Thing > CreativeWork > SoftwareApplication

A software application.

Property	Expected Type	Description
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.
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.
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	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 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	Organization or Person	A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork.
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 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 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.
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.
keywords	Text	The keywords/tags used to describe this content.
learningResourceType	Text	The predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource. For example, 'presentation', 'handout'.
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	Organization or Person	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.
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 range of ages the content's intendedEndUser, for example '7-9', '11-'.
version	Number	The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.
video	VideoObject	An embedded video object.
Properties from SoftwareApplication
applicationCategory	Text or URL	Type of software application, e.g. "Game, Multimedia".
applicationSubCategory	Text or URL	Subcategory of the application, e.g. "Arcade Game".
applicationSuite	Text	The name of the application suite to which the application belongs (e.g. Excel belongs to Office)
countriesNotSupported	Text	Countries for which the application is not supported. You can also provide the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
countriesSupported	Text	Countries for which the application is supported. You can also provide the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
device	Text	Device required to run the application. Used in cases where a specific make/model is required to run the application.
downloadUrl	URL	If the file can be downloaded, URL to download the binary.
featureList	Text or URL	Features or modules provided by this application (and possibly required by other applications).
fileFormat	Text	MIME format of the binary (e.g. application/zip).
fileSize	Integer	Size of the application / package (e.g. 18MB). In the absence of a unit (MB, KB etc.), KB will be assumed.
installUrl	URL	URL at which the app may be installed, if different from the URL of the item.
memoryRequirements	Text or URL	Minimum memory requirements.
operatingSystem	Text	Operating systems supported (Windows 7, OSX 10.6, Android 1.6).
permissions	Text	Permission(s) required to run the app (for example, a mobile app may require full internet access or may run only on wifi).
processorRequirements	Text	Processor architecture required to run the application (e.g. IA64).
releaseNotes	Text or URL	Description of what changed in this version.
requirements	Text or URL	Component dependency requirements for application. This includes runtime environments and shared libraries that are not included in the application distribution package, but required to run the application (Examples: DirectX, Java or .NET runtime).
screenshot	ImageObject or URL	A link to a screenshot image of the app.
softwareVersion	Text	Version of the software instance.
storageRequirements	Text or URL	Storage requirements (free space required).

More specific types

• MobileApplication
• WebApplication

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