Content markup properties of events

This section provides the details of the content markup properties for the Event related entity type.

SportsEvent specification table

Property Expected Type Description
@context Text Required - Always set to ["http://schema.org", {"@language": "xx"}]
  • Replace xx with the entity's language code in BCP 47 format format, for example, "en".
@type Text Required - Always set to SportsEvent.
@id URL Required - The content's identifier in URI format; for example, https://example.com/1234abc.
@id must meet the following requirements:
  • Globally unique across your catalog
  • Static; The ID should be stable and not change over time (even if the url property of the show changes). It will be treated as an opaque string and does not have to be a working link.
  • In the form of Unified Resource Identifier (URI)
  • The domain used for the @id value must be owned by your organization.
Because an entity's url meets all the requirements as an identifier, we recommend you use an entity's url as @id. See the Identifier section for more details.
name Text Required - The name of this event.
description Text The description of this event. 300-character limist. Use an array to include the descriptions in multiple languages and lengths.
sport URL Required A link to the English Wikipedia page of the sport.
startDate DateTime or Date Required - The start time of the event in ISO 8601 format with time zone. Please note that this is the actual start time of event, instead of when the event is aired on TV.
endDate DateTime or Date The end time of the event in ISO 8601 format with time zone.
homeTeam SportsTeam Highly Recommended Why? The home team of the event.
homeTeam.name Text Required The full name of the sports team.
homeTeam.sport URL Required A link to the English Wikipedia page of the sport.
homeTeam.sameAs URL Highly Recommended Why? A URL to a reference web page that can identify the team; for example, the Wikipedia page of the team.
homeTeam.athlete Person Annotation(s) for an individual athlete on the team.
homeTeam.athlete.name Text The full name of the athlete.
awayTeam SportsTeam Highly Recommended Why? The away team of the event. The properties are the same as SportsEvent.homeTeam.
competitor SportsTeam or Person Highly Recommended Why? If the home or away team is not applicable (e.g., a boxing match, the Olympics), specify the participants as competitors. If SportsTeam, the properties are the same as SportsEvent.homeTeam. If Person, the properties are the same as otherPerson objects; for instance, an actor in Movie.
location Place OR City The location of the event.
location.name Text Required - The name of the location.
location.address PostalAddress Required if location @type is Place - The address of the location. This shouldnt be used if location @type is City
location.address.streetAddress Text The street address of the location.
location.address.addressLocality Text The city of the location.
location.address.addressRegion Text The state of the location.
location.address.postalCode Text The postal code of the location.
location.address.addressCountry Text The countries in ISO 3166 format.
image ImageObject Image(s) related to the event. Recommended to be the official poster or banner art for the event. Provide the highest resolution available. Use a JPEG or PNG file format.
image.description Text The description of the image. 300-character limit. Use an array to provide the descriptions in multiple languages and lengths.
image.contentUrl URL A URL where the image can be fetched.
image.regionsAllowed Place The regions where the image is allowed. If the image is allowed everywhere, do not provide this. Specify the countries in ISO 3166 format.
potentialAction WatchAction Required if applicable - The deep link that plays the recording of this sports event on Video on Demand. To specify the deep link for a live event, use the publishedOn or potentialAction property in BroadcastEvent instead.
identifier PropertyValue Highly Recommended External or other ID that unambiguously identifies this entity. Multiple identifiers are allowed. See the Identifier properties section for details.

SportsEvent examples

Example 1 

{
  "@context": ["http://schema.org", {"@language": "en"}],
  "@type":"SportsEvent",
  "@id": "http://example.com/basketball/professional/final_game_6",
  "name":"2019 Professional Basketball Finals, Game 6: Team A at Team B",
  "sport":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball",
  "description": [
    {
      "@language": "en",
      "@value": "Game 6 of the 2019 Professional Basketball Finals. Team A leads the series 3-2 against Team B."
    },
    {
      "@language": "en",
      "@value": "2019 Professional Basketball, Game 6. Team A at Team B."
    }
  ],
  "startDate": "2018-09-16T21:10-08:00",
  "homeTeam":{
    "@type":"SportsTeam",
    "name":"Team B",
    "sport":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball",
    "parentOrganization":{
      "@type":"SportsOrganization",
      "name":"Professional Basketball League",
      "sameAs":"http://www.example.com/professional_basketball_league"
    }
    "athlete":[
      {
        "@type":"Person",
        "name":"John doe"
      }
    ]
  },
  "awayTeam":{
    "@type":"SportsTeam",
    "name":"Team A",
    "sport":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball",
    "athlete":[
      {
        "@type":"Person",
        "name":"Jane Doe"
      }
    ]
  },
  "location":{
    "@type":"Place",
    "name":"Example Stadium",
    "address":{
      "@type":"PostalAddress",
      "streetAddress":"1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy",
      "addressLocality":"Mountain View",
      "addressRegion":"CA",
      "postalCode":"94043",
      "addressCountry":"US"
    }
  }
  "identifier": [
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "propertyID": "TMS_ID",
      "value":  "TMS ID of this game"
    }
  ]
}

Example 2 

{
  "@context": ["http://schema.org", {"@language": "en"}],
  "@type":"SportsEvent",
  "@id": "http://example.com/boxing/johndoe_vs_janedoe_2019",
  "name":"2019 Professional Boxing - John Doe vs Jane Doe",
  "sport":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing"
  "description":"World champion Jane Doe fights undefeated John Doe at the Example Arena in Mountain View, California.",
  "startDate": "2019-07-12T21:10-08:00",
  "competitor":[
    {
      "@type":"Person",
      "name":"Jane Doe",
      "birthDate":"1977-12-14",
      "gender":"F",
      "nationality":"US"
    },
    {
      "@type":"Person",
      "name":"John Doe",
      "birthDate":"1978-10-17",
      "gender":"M",
      "nationality":"GB"
    }
  ],
  "location":{
    "@type":"Place",
    "name":"Example Arena",
    "address":{
      "@type":"PostalAddress",
      "streetAddress":"1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy",
      "addressLocality":"Mountain View",
      "addressRegion":"CA",
      "postalCode":"94043",
      "addressCountry":"US"
    }
  }
}

MusicEvent specification table

Property Expected Type Description
@context Text Required - Always set to ["http://schema.org", {"@language": "xx"}]
  • Replace xx with the entity's language code in BCP 47 format format, for example, "en".
@type Text Required - Always set to MusicEvent.
@id URL Required - The content's identifier in URI format; for example, https://example.com/1234abc.
@id must meet the following requirements:
  • Globally unique across your catalog
  • Static
  • In the form of Unified Resource Identifier (URI)
Because an entity's url meets all the requirements as an identifier, we recommend you use an entity's url as @id. See the Identifier section for more details.
name Text Required - The name of this event.
description Text The description of the event. 300-character limist. Use an array to include the descriptions in multiple languages and lengths.
attendee Organization or Person A person or organization attending the event.
startDate Date Required - The start time of the event in ISO 8601 format with time zone.
endDate Date The end time of the event in ISO 8601 format with time zone.
composer Organization or Person The person or organization who wrote a composition, or who is the composer of a work performed at some event.
performer Organization or Person Required - A performer at the event—for example, a presenter, a musician, musical group or actor.
subEvent Event An Event that is part of this event. For example, a conference event includes many presentations, each of which is a subEvent of the conference.
superEvent Event An event that this event is a part of. For example, a collection of individual music performances might each have a music festival as their superEvent.
location Place OR City Required - The location of the event.
location.name Text Required - The name of the location.
location.address PostalAddress Required if location @type is Place - The address of the location. This should not be used if location @type is City.
location.address.streetAddress Text The street address of the location.
location.address.addressLocality Text The city of the location.
location.address.addressRegion Text The state of the location.
location.address.postalCode Text The postal code of the location.
location.address.addressCountry Text The countries in ISO 3166 format.
workPerformed CreativeWork A work performed in some event, for example a play performed in a TheaterEvent.

MusicEvent example

MusicEvent 

{
  "@context":"http://schema.org",
  "@type":"MusicEvent",
  "@id": "http://example.com/music/my_favortie_artist/2019_tour",
  "name":"My Favorite Artist’s 2019 Homecoming Tour",
  "description":"After 8 years off the music scene, My Favorite Artist is back with the Homecoming Tour.",
  "startDate": "2014-10-12T21:10-08:00",
  "location":{
    "@type":"Place",
    "name":"Example Arena",
    "address":{
      "@type":"PostalAddress",
      "streetAddress":"1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy",
      "addressLocality":"Mountain View",
      "addressRegion":"CA",
      "postalCode":"94043",
      "addressCountry":"US"
    }
  },
  "performer": {
    "@type":"Person",
    "name":"My Favorite Artist",
    "birthDate":"1977-02-24",
    "gender":"F",
    "nationality":"CA"
  }
}

Event specification table

Property Expected Type Description
@context Text Required - Always set to ["http://schema.org", {"@language": "xx"}]
  • Replace xx with the entity's language code in BCP 47 format format, for example, "en".
@type Text Required - Always set to Event.
@id URL Required - The content's identifier in URI format; for example, https://example.com/1234abc.
@id must meet the following requirements:
  • Globally unique across your catalog
  • Static
  • In the form of Unified Resource Identifier (URI)
Because an entity's url meets all the requirements as an identifier, we recommend you use an entity's url as @id. See the Identifier section for more details.
name Text Required - The name of this event.
description Text The description of the event. 300-character limist. Use an array to include the descriptions in multiple languages and lengths.
attendee Organization or Person A person or organization attending the event.
startDate Date Required - The start time of the event in ISO 8601 format with time zone.
endDate Date The end time of the event in ISO 8601 format with time zone.
subEvent Event An Event that is part of this event. For example, a conference event includes many presentations, each of which is a subEvent of the conference.
superEvent Event An event that this event is a part of. For example, a collection of individual music performances might each have a music festival as their superEvent.
location Place OR City Required - The location of the event. Note that you can provide Place in City level.
location.name Text Required - The name of the location.
location.address PostalAddress Required if location @type is Place - The address of the location. This should not be used if location @type is City
location.address.streetAddress Text The street address of the location.
location.address.addressLocality Text The city of the location.
location.address.addressRegion Text The state of the location.
location.address.postalCode Text The postal code of the location.
location.address.addressCountry Text The countries in ISO 3166 format.
workPerformed CreativeWork A work performed in some event, for example a play performed in a TheaterEvent.

Event example

Event 

{
  "@context":"http://schema.org",
  "@type":"Event",
  "@id": "http://example.com/keynote/google_io_2019",
  "name":"Google I/O 2019 keynote",
  "description":"Google’s annual developer conference keynote event.",
  "startDate": "2019-05-07T10:00-08:00",
  "location":{
    "@type":"Place",
    "name":"Example Arena",
    "address":{
      "@type":"PostalAddress",
      "streetAddress":"1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy",
      "addressLocality":"Mountain View",
      "addressRegion":"CA",
      "postalCode":"94043",
      "addressCountry":"US"
    }
  },
  "attendee": {
    "@type":"Person",
    "name":"My Favorite Speaker",
    "birthDate":"1971-12-02",
    "gender":"F",
    "nationality":"IN"
  }
}