A Schema.org-based specification for a Material in materials science and engineering. A material is any measurable substance (e.g., sample, specimen, material, chemical, etc.), or a specific sup-sample (e.g., location on a larger artifact, sub-portion of a larger artifact, item within a collection of specimens, etc.
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Properties from Material | ||
| Properties from CreativeWork | ||
| about | DefinedTerm or Project | The subject matter of the Material as defined by a defined term or realized via a project. |
| accountablePerson | Person | Specifies the Person that is legally accountable for the Material. |
| citation | CreativeWork or Text |
A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc. |
| comment | Comment | A comment or list of comments about this Material. |
| contributor | Organization or Person |
A secondary contributor to the Material. |
| creator | Organization or Person |
The creator/author of this Material. This is the same as the Author property. |
| dateCreated | Date or DateTime |
The date on which the Material was created. |
| exampleOfWork | ProcessHistory or ProcessProtocol |
A processing history or protocol that describes the creation of this material. Processing histories/protocols and materials can form a chain, tree, or graph of linked records defining the process that changes the nature of one or more starting materials to one or more ending materials. |
| funder | Organization or Person |
A person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution. |
| hasPart | Material | One or more child Material that isPartOf this Material, if any. |
| isPartOf | Material | One or more parent Material that hasPart of this Material, if any. |
| keywords | Text | Keywords or tags used to describe the Material. |
| materialExtent | QuantitativeValue | The quantity of the materials being described. |
| provider | Organization or Person |
The organization or person providing access to the Material. |
| Properties from Thing | ||
| alternateName | Text | An alias for the Material. |
| description | Text | A description of the Material. |
| identifier | PropertyValue or Text |
One or more identifers for the the Material. |
| name | Text | The name of the Material. |
| subjectOf | Dataset or File or MaterialProperty or TabularDataPackage |
A resource about or created as a result of this Material. |