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'abstract' property for type 'NewsArticle'


I have a short teaser text under the headline of my news article and I wanted to ask, if I could use the property 'abstract' for it, which is a property of the type 'CreativeWork'. In the Documentation of 'NewsArticle' it says, that I can use properties of type 'CreativeWork' https://schema.org/NewsArticle. But when I read the description of the 'abstract' property it says : "An abstract is a short description that summarizes a CreativeWork." https://schema.org/abstract. So I was not sure, if I could use this property for 'NewsArticle' or not.


Solution

  • The inheritance hierarchy up to NewsArticle, as per https://schema.org/NewsArticle, is

    Therefore all properties of CreativeWork are available in Article, and all properties of Article are available in NewsArticle.


    https://schema.org/abstract says

    Used on these types

    • CreativeWork

    https://schema.org/CreativeWork#subtypes lists Article as a subtype
    https://schema.org/Article#subtypes lists NewsArticle as subtype