WebSchemas/Audiobook

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Proposal for Audiobook Type

Submitted by the Schema Bib Extend Group
Detail in Schema Bib Extend Wiki

Description

This proposal addresses the need to describe an Audiobook. The attributes of an audiobook are sufficiently different from a Book to warrant a new type. The majority of properties required to fully describe an AudioBook are to be found in Book and AudioObject, therefore this proposal recommends that Audiobook is a sub-type of both types. Additional properties proposed: readBy - the reader of the book, and abridged - to indicate whether the book is an abridged edition (this is relevant to all book types, so is proposed as an additional property to Book).

New Type: Audiobook

sub-classed to

  • Thing > CreativeWork > Book
  • Thing > CreativeWork > MediaObject > AudioObject

Additional property for Audiobook

Property Expected Type Description
readBy Person A person who reads (performs) the audio book.



New property for Book

Property Expected Type Description
abridged Boolean Indicates whether the book is an abridged edition.

=Examples

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 &#59; [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 &#59;</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">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>

Rich snippet test

Microdata for example 2