For a variety V, its Albenese variety Alb(V) is a variety with a map V → Alb(V) which factors uniquely into any map from V to an abelian variety. How about more generally Can we say something similar for an arbitrary scheme? When do we know there exists an "Albanese" scheme Alb(X)? That is,
Under what conditions on a scheme X does there exist a morphism X → Alb(X) which factors uniquely into any map from from X to an abelian scheme?