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Everything about Schema.org

Project for creating structured data

Schema.org is a reference website that publishes documentation and guidelines for using structured data mark-up on web-pages. Its main objective is to standardize HTML tags to be used by webmasters for creating rich results about a certain topic of interest. It is a part of the semantic web project, which aims to make document mark-up codes more readable and meaningful to both humans and machines. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

Read the overview: Schema.orgA 5-minute orientation
Pick up a classic book: The Complete AIO PlaybookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
Go sideways: Microdata (HTML)A closely related topic
Go sideways: Semantic HTMLA closely related topic

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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📚 Books worth reading

📕The Complete AIO Playbook · 2026
📕Catholic theology of revelation on the eve of Vatican IIK. Schelkens · 2010

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