# exampleOfWork - Schema.org Property

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A creative work that this work is an example/instance/realization/derivation of.

Inverse-property: [workExample](https://schema.org/workExample "workExample")

  

### Acknowledgements

### Examples

Example notes or example HTML without markup.

<p>
    <em>The Fellowship of the Rings</em> was written by J.R.R Tolkien and
    was originally published in the United Kingdom in 1954 by George Allen &
    Unwin.
</p>
<p>
    The book has been republished many times, including editions by
    HarperCollins in 1974 (ISBN: 0007149212) and by Ballantine in 1984
    (ISBN: 0345296052).
</p>
<p>
    The book has also been adapted for the screen several times. <em>J.R.R.
    Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings</em>, an animated version directed by Ralph
    Bakshi and released in 1978, covered the events of the novel and parts of
    its sequel. The movie <em>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
    Ring</em>, directed by Peter Jackson and released in 2001, ran 178 minutes
    long in its theatrical release.
</p>

Example encoded as [Microdata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_\(HTML\)) embedded in HTML.

<p itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Book" itemid="http://www.freebase.com/m/0h35m">
    <em itemprop="name">The Fellowship of the Rings</em> was written by
    <span itemprop="author">J.R.R Tolkien</span> and was originally published
    in the <span itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization">
        <span itemprop="location">United Kingdom</span> by
        <span itemprop="name">George Allen &amp; Unwin</span>
    </span> in <time itemprop="datePublished">1954</time>.
    The book has been republished many times, including editions by
    <span itemprop="workExample" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Book">
        <span itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization">
            <span itemprop="name">HarperCollins</span>
        </span> in <time itemprop="datePublished">1974</time>
        (ISBN: <span itemprop="isbn">0007149212</span>)
    </span> and by
    <span itemprop="workExample" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Book">
        <span itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization">
            <span itemprop="name">Ballantine</span>
        </span> in <time itemprop="datePublished">1984</time>
        (ISBN: <span itemprop="isbn">0345296052</span>).
    </span>
</p>
<p>
    The book has also been adapted for the screen several times.
    <span itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Movie">
        <link itemprop="exampleOfWork" href="http://www.freebase.com/m/0h35m">
        <em itemprop="name">J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings</em>, an
        animated version directed by <span itemprop="director">Ralph Bakshi</span>
        and released in <time itemprop="datePublished">1978</time>, covered the
        events of the novel and parts of its sequel.
    </span>
    <span itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Movie">
        <link itemprop="exampleOfWork" href="http://www.freebase.com/m/0h35m">
        The movie <em itemprop="name">The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
        Ring</em>, directed by <span itemprop="director">Peter Jackson</span> and
        released in <time itemprop="datePublished">2001</time>, ran
        <time itemprop="duration" datetime="PT178M">178</time> minutes long in its
        theatrical release.
    </span>
</p>

Example encoded as [RDFa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa) embedded in HTML.

<div vocab="https://schema.org/">
    <p typeof="Book" resource="http://www.freebase.com/m/0h35m">
        <em property="name">The Fellowship of the Rings</em> was written by
        <span property="author">J.R.R Tolkien</span> and was originally published
        in the <span property="publisher" typeof="Organization">
            <span property="location">United Kingdom</span> by
            <span property="name">George Allen &amp; Unwin</span>
        </span> in <time property="datePublished">1954</time>.
        The book has been republished many times, including editions by
        <span property="workExample" typeof="Book">
            <span property="publisher" typeof="Organization">
                <span property="name">HarperCollins</span>
            </span> in <time property="datePublished">1974</time>
            (ISBN: <span property="isbn">0007149212</span>)
        </span> and by
        <span property="workExample" typeof="Book">
            <span property="publisher" typeof="Organization">
                <span property="name">Ballantine</span>
            </span> in <time property="datePublished">1984</time>
            (ISBN: <span property="isbn">0345296052</span>).
        </span>
    </p>
    <p>
        The book has also been adapted for the screen several times.
        <span typeof="Movie">
            <link property="exampleOfWork" href="http://www.freebase.com/m/0h35m">
            <em property="name">J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings</em>, an
            animated version directed by <span property="director">Ralph Bakshi</span>
            and released in <time property="datePublished">1978</time>, covered the
            events of the novel and parts of its sequel.
        </span>
        <span typeof="Movie">
            <link property="exampleOfWork" href="http://www.freebase.com/m/0h35m">
            The movie <em property="name">The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
            Ring</em>, directed by <span property="director">Peter Jackson</span> and
            released in <time property="datePublished">2001</time>, ran
            <time property="duration" datetime="PT178M">178</time> minutes long in its
            theatrical release.
        </span>
    </p>
</div>

Example encoded as [JSON-LD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD) in a HTML script tag.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context":  "https://schema.org/",
  "@graph": \[
    {
      "@id": "http://www.freebase.com/m/0h35m",
      "@type": "Book",
      "author": "J.R.R Tolkien",
      "datePublished": "1954",
      "name": "The Fellowship of the Ring",
      "publisher": {
          "@type": "Organization",
          "location": "United Kingdom",
          "name": "George Allen & Unwin"
      },
      "workExample": \[
        {
          "@type": "Book",
          "datePublished": "1974",
          "isbn": "0007149212",
          "publisher": {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "name": "HarperCollins"
          }
        },
        {
          "@type": "Book",
          "datePublished": "1984",
          "isbn": "0345296052",
          "publisher": {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "name": "Ballantine"
          }
        }
      \]
    },
    {
      "@type": "Movie",
      "datePublished": "2001",
      "director": "Peter Jackson",
      "duration": "PT178M",
      "name": "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring",
      "exampleOfWork": {
        "@id": "http://www.freebase.com/m/0h35m"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Movie",
      "datePublished": "1978",
      "director": "Ralph Bakshi",
      "name": "J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings",
      "exampleOfWork": {
        "@id": "http://www.freebase.com/m/0h35m"
      }
    }
  \]
}
</script>

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.