diff --git a/microdata_test.go b/microdata_test.go
index 63b167e..8ac290f 100644
--- a/microdata_test.go
+++ b/microdata_test.go
@@ -597,3 +597,71 @@ func TestSkipSelfReferencingItemref(t *testing.T) {
t.Errorf("Expecting %v but got %v", expected, actual)
}
}
+
+// This test validates that properties within an itemscope'd element remain
+// with that contained item even if it is not, via itemprop, made an explicit child
+// of its container item.
+func TestPropertiesInContainedItem(t *testing.T) {
+ html := `
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ `
+
+ actual := ParseData(html, t)
+
+ // There should be two top-level items: WebPage and the Person that isn't an author.
+ if len(actual.Items) != 2 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected 2 top-level items, got %d", len(actual.Items))
+ }
+
+ outer := actual.Items[0]
+ inner := actual.Items[1]
+
+ // The first item should be a WebPage. The properties in its contained items should
+ // not be properties of the containing item.
+ if len(outer.Types) != 1 || outer.Types[0] != "http://schema.org/WebPage" {
+ t.Fatalf("expected outer to be http://schema.org/WebPage, got %v", outer.Types)
+ }
+ if _, present := outer.Properties["bar"]; present {
+ t.Errorf("outer should not have a 'bar' property, got %v", outer.Properties["bar"])
+ }
+ if _, present := outer.Properties["baz"]; present {
+ t.Errorf("outer should not have a 'baz' property, got %v", outer.Properties["baz"])
+ }
+
+ // The second item should be the non-author child element of outer. Since there is
+ // no itemprop attribute, it's not a child *item* of outer but it should stand as its
+ // own item.
+ if len(inner.Types) != 1 || inner.Types[0] != "http://schema.org/Person" {
+ t.Fatalf("expected inner to be http://schema.org/Person, got %v", inner.Types)
+ }
+ if _, present := inner.Properties["bar"]; !present {
+ t.Errorf("inner should have a 'bar' property")
+ }
+
+ // The third item is the author, which should be a child item (via the 'author' itemprop)
+ // of outer. It, too, should have its own discrete type and property.
+ if list := outer.Properties["author"]; len(list) == 1 {
+ if author, ok := list[0].(*Item); ok {
+ if len(author.Types) != 1 || author.Types[0] != "http://schema.org/Person" {
+ t.Fatalf("expected author to be http://schema.org/Person, got %v", author.Types)
+ }
+ if _, present := author.Properties["baz"]; !present {
+ t.Errorf("inner should have a 'baz' property")
+ }
+ } else {
+ t.Errorf("expected author item, got %v", list)
+ }
+ } else {
+ t.Errorf("expected outer to have a child of author, got %v", outer.Properties["author"])
+ }
+}