Structured Data Important

Schema Trust Chain

priority_high Why it matters

When Article, Person, and Organization are linked via @id, AI can verify the full trust chain.

search What we check

Whether the Article schema links to both a Person author and an Organization publisher to establish a complete trust chain.

build How to fix

  1. 1 Add author to Article schema referencing a Person entity.
  2. 2 Add publisher to Article schema referencing an Organization entity.
  3. 3 Use @id references: "author": {"@id": "#author"}, "publisher": {"@id": "#organization"}.

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