temporalCoverage
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Description
The temporalCoverage of a CreativeWork indicates the period that the content applies to, i.e. that it describes, either as a DateTime or as a textual string indicating a time period in [ISO 8601 time interval format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Time_intervals). In the case of a Dataset it will typically indicate the relevant time period in a precise notation (e.g. for a 2011 census dataset, the year 2011 would be written "2011/2012"). Other forms of content, e.g. ScholarlyArticle, Book, TVSeries or TVEpisode, may indicate their temporalCoverage in broader terms - textually or via well-known URL. Written works such as books may sometimes have precise temporal coverage too, e.g. a work set in 1939 - 1945 can be indicated in ISO 8601 interval format format via "1939/1945".
Open-ended date ranges can be written with ".." in place of the end date. For example, "2015-11/.." indicates a range beginning in November 2015 and with no specified final date. This is tentative and might be updated in future when ISO 8601 is officially updated.
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.
- Recommendeddataset
Text The data in the dataset covers a specific time interval. Only include this property if the dataset has a temporal dimension. Schema.org uses the ISO 8601 standard to describe time intervals and time points. You can describe dates differently depending upon the dataset interval. Indicate open-ended intervals with two decimal points (..). Single date "temporalCoverage" : "2008" Time period "temporalCoverage" : "1950-01-01/2013-12-18" Open-ended time period "temporalCoverage" : "2013-12-19/.."
Used on types
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