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HowToSection

A sub-grouping of steps in the instructions for how to achieve a result (e.g. steps for making a pie crust within a pie recipe).

Typeschema.org/HowToSection

HowToSection is a kind of ItemList. For Google rich results, start from the Carousel generator, which checks Google's required fields. The builder below covers every Schema.org property.

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Properties (138)

Properties defined on HowToSection
PropertyExpectsDescription
stepssupersededCreativeWork, ItemList, TextUse step instead. A single step item (as HowToStep, text, document, video, etc.) or a HowToSection (originally misnamed 'steps'; 'step' is preferred).

From CreativeWork (116)

about, abstract, accessMode, accessModeSufficient, accessibilityAPI, accessibilityControl, accessibilityFeature, accessibilityHazard, accessibilitySummary, accountablePerson, acquireLicensePage, aggregateRating, alternativeHeadline, archivedAt, assesses, associatedMedia, audience, audio, author, award, awards, character, citation, comment, commentCount, conditionsOfAccess, contentLocation, contentRating, contentReferenceTime, contributor, copyrightHolder, copyrightNotice, copyrightYear, correction, countryOfOrigin, creativeWorkStatus, creator, creditText, dateCreated, dateModified, datePublished, digitalSourceType, discussionUrl, displayLocation, editEIDR, editor, educationalAlignment, educationalLevel, educationalUse, encoding, encodingFormat, encodings, exampleOfWork, expires, fileFormat, funder, funding, genre, hasPart, headline, inLanguage, interactionStatistic, interactivityType, interpretedAsClaim, isAccessibleForFree, isBasedOn, isBasedOnUrl, isFamilyFriendly, isPartOf, keywords, learningResourceType, license, locationCreated, mainEntity, maintainer, material, materialExtent, mentions, offers, pattern, position, producer, provider, publication, publisher, publisherImprint, publishingPrinciples, recordedAt, releasedEvent, review, reviews, schemaVersion, sdDatePublished, sdLicense, sdPublisher, size, sourceOrganization, spatial, spatialCoverage, sponsor, teaches, temporal, temporalCoverage, text, thumbnail, thumbnailUrl, timeRequired, translationOfWork, translator, typicalAgeRange, usageInfo, version, video, wordCount, workExample, workTranslation

Where HowToSection is used as a value

These properties expect a HowToSection: step.