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PropertyGGoogle SearchData for May 2026

creator

Estimated domains

1M - 10M

Description

The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.

Definition from the Schema.org vocabulary (English).

Trend over time

At least two months are needed to show a trend. The series will grow with every monthly update.

Usage in Google Search

Documented Google contexts where this property is required or recommended for rich results.

  • Requiredimage-license-metadata

    In addition to contentUrl, you must include one of the following properties: creator creditText copyrightNotice license Once you include one of these properties, the other three properties become recommended in the Rich Results Test.

  • Recommendeddataset

    Person or Organization The creator or author of this dataset. To uniquely identify individuals, use ORCID ID as the value of the sameAs property of the Person type. To uniquely identify institutions and organizations, use ROR ID. Example (in JSON-LD format): "creator": [ { "@type": "Person", "sameAs": "https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000", "givenName": "Jane", "familyName": "Foo", "name": "Jane Foo" }, { "@type": "Person", "sameAs": "https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0001", "givenName": "Jo", "

  • Recommendedimage-license-metadata

    Organization or Person The creator of the image. This is usually the photographer, but it may be a company or organization (if appropriate).

  • Gon typeImageObject10M+Gas creator.name
    Recommendedimage-license-metadata

    Text The name of the creator.

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