# materialExtent - Schema.org Property

> Source: https://schema.org/materialExtent
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T18:49:10.731Z

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A Schema.org Property

*This term is in the "new" area - implementation feedback and adoption from applications and websites can help improve our definitions.*

The quantity of the materials being described or an expression of the physical space they occupy.

#### Source

[https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/1759](https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/1759)

  

### Examples

Example notes or example HTML without markup.

<div>
  Name: Assorted collection of items<br/>
  Extent: 285 A boxes, 8 OS boxes (plus 45 T boxes, 50 A boxes, 13 OS boxes / items uncatalogued)<br/>
</div>

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

<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork">
  <link itemprop="additionalType" href="https://schema.org/ArchiveComponent"/>
  Name: <span itemprop="name">Assorted collection of items</span><br/>
  Extent: <span itemprop="materialExtent">285 A boxes, 8 OS boxes (plus 45 T boxes, 50 A boxes, 13 OS boxes / items uncatalogued)</span><br/>
</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",
  "@type": \["CreativeWork","ArchiveComponent"\],
  "name": "Assorted collection of items",
  "materialExtent": "285 A boxes, 8 OS boxes (plus 45 T boxes, 50 A boxes, 13 OS boxes / items uncatalogued)"
}
</script>

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.

Example notes or example HTML without markup.

<div>
  Name: Assorted collection of items<br/>
  Extent: 1 folder containing 5 design drawings<br/>
</div>

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

<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork">
  <link itemprop="additionalType" href="https://schema.org/ArchiveComponent"/>
  Name: <span itemprop="name">Assorted collection of items</span><br/>
  Extent: <div>
            <div itemprop="materialExtent" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/QuantitativeValue">
              <span itemprop="value">1</span> <span itemprop="unitText">folder</span>
			</div>
			containing
            <div itemprop="materialExtent" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/QuantitativeValue">
              <span itemprop="value">5</span> <span itemprop="unitText">design drawings</span>
			</div>
          </div><br/>
</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",
  "@type": \["CreativeWork","ArchiveComponent"\],
  "materialExtent": \[
          {
            "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
            "unitText": "folder",
            "value": "1"
          },
          {
            "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
            "unitText": "design drawings",
            "value": "5"
          }
       \]
}
</script>

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.