Audiobook
Audiobook
Status: Proposed
sub-classed to
Thing > CreativeWork > Book
additional super-classes
Thing > CreativeWork > MediaObject > AudioObject
New properties for Audiobook
- readBy: Person - A person who reads (performs) the audio book.
Properties likely to be used from AudioObject
- duration
- encodingFormat
- playerType
Properties likely to be used from Book
- isbn
New property to add to Book
- abridged: Boolean - Indicates whether the book is an abridged edition.
Examples
Markup of an actual library audiobook display is available at [[1]]
Example 1
Based on a simplified version of http://www.berkeley-public.org/record=b1727690~S11
Original HTML
<div>
<p>Author: Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-</p>
<p>Title: The day of the jackal [downloadable audiobook] : a novel/ by Frederick Forsyth</p>
<p>Ashland, OR : Blackstone Audio ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2011, p2009</p>
<p>Connect to: <a href="http://overdrive.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/ContentDetails.htm?ID=E867D2C7-DE81-446B-8EC6-85057B587262">Downloadable audiobook</a></p>
<p>Description: 1 sound file (13 hr., 31 min.) : digital</p>
<p>Summary: The Jackal, the world's most cunning and revered assassin, is given a treacherous mission that could spell disaster for world diplomacy. Catching wind of a mysterious assassination plot, authorities throughout Europe mobilize a manhunt. However, without knowing the Jackal's true target, authorities are forced to wait until the clever killer makes his next move</p>
<p>Unabridged</p>
<p>Format: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive WMA Audiobook</p>
<p>Read by: Simon Prebble</p>
<p>Requires OneClick Digital Media Manager</p>
<p>ISBN: 9781441711670<br />
ISBN: 1441711678</p>
</div>With microdata
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Audiobook">
<p>Author: <span itemprop="author">Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-</span></p>
<p>Title: <span itemprop="name">The day of the jackal [downloadable audiobook] : a novel</span>/ by Frederick Forsyth</p>
<p>Ashland, OR :<span itemprop="publisher"> Blackstone Audio ;</span> [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by]
<span itemprop="provider">OneClick Digital</span>
</p>
<p>Connect to: <a itemprop="url" href="http://overdrive.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/ContentDetails.htm?ID=E867D2C7-DE81-446B-8EC6-85057B587262">Downloadable audiobook</a></p>
<p>Description: <span itemprop="duration" content="T13H31M">1 sound file (13 hr., 31 min.) : digital</span></p>
<p>Summary: <span itemprop="description">
The Jackal, the world's most cunning and revered assassin, is given a treacherous mission that could spell disaster for world diplomacy. Catching wind of a mysterious assassination plot, authorities throughout Europe mobilize a manhunt. However, without knowing the Jackal's true target, authorities are forced to wait until the clever killer makes his next move</span></p>
<p><meta itemprop="abridged" content="false" />Unabridged</p>
<p>Format: <span itemprop="encodingFormat">OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive WMA Audiobook</span></p>
<p>Read by: <span itemprop="readBy">Simon Prebble</span></p>
<p><span itemprop="playerType">Requires OneClick Digital Media Manager</span></p>
<p>ISBN: <span itemprop="isbn">9781441711670</span><br />
ISBN: <span itemprop="isbn">1441711678</span></p>
</div>Rich snippet test
Example 2
Based on a simplified version from Audible.com
Original HTML
<h1>World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War</h1>
<p>Written by: Max Brooks</p>
<p>Narrated by: Max Brooks, Alan Alda, John Turturro, Rob Reiner</p>
<p>Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins</p>
<p>4.30 (4493 ratings)</p>
<p>The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks,
driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of
the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States
of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed
with upwards of 30 million souls, to the most remote and inhospitable areas of
the planet.
</p>
<p>
<strong>FORMAT</strong>
<div>ABRIDGED</div>
</p>
<p>©2006 Max Brooks; (P)2006 Random House, Inc.</p>With microdata
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Audiobook">
<h1 itemprop="title">World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War</h1>
<p>Written by: <span itemprop="author">Max Brooks</span></p>
<p>Narrated by: <span itemprop="readBy">Max Brooks</span>,
<span itemprop="readBy">Alan Alda</span>,
<span itemprop="readBy">John Turturro</span>,
<span itemprop="readBy">Rob Reiner</span>
</p>
<p>Length: <meta itemprop="duration" content="T6H3M" />6 hrs and 3 mins</p>
<p itemprop="aggregateRating" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AggregateRating">
<span itemprop="ratingValue">4.30</span> (<span itemprop="reviewCount">4493</span> ratings)
</p>
<p itemprop="description">The Zombie War came unthinkably close to
eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the
acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic
years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world,
from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of 30 million souls, to the
most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet.
</p>
<p>
<strong>FORMAT</strong>
<div><meta itemprop="abridged" content="true" />ABRIDGED</div>
</p>
<p>©<span itemprop="copyrightYear">2006</span> <span itemprop="copyrightHolder">Max Brooks</span>;
(P)<span itemprop="datePublished">2006</span> <span itemprop="publisher">Random House, Inc.</span>
</p>
</div>