Support schema.org QAPage and Google rich results

Yesterday (Dec, 3) Google Webmaster’s announce that they developed a new rich result type for question and answer sites. Search results for eligible Q&A pages display a preview of the top answers. This new presentation helps site owners reach the right users for their content and helps users get the relevant information about their questions faster.

When I read “expert forums” I think on all discourse sites :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: …

Frequently, the information they’re looking for is on sites where users ask and answer each other’s questions. Popular social news sites, expert forums, and help and support message boards are all examples of this pattern.

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A screenshot of an example search result for a page titled “Why do touchscreens sometimes register a touch when …” with a preview of the top answers from the page.

Well… maybe we can develop something for this:

<script type="application/ld+json">
  {
    "@context": "http://schema.org",
    "@type": "QAPage",
    "mainEntity": {
      "@type": "Question",
      "name": "How many ounces are there in a pound?",
      "text": "I have taken up a new interest in baking and keep running across directions in ounces and pounds. I have to translate between them and was wondering how many ounces are in a pound?",
      "answerCount": 3,
      "upvoteCount": 26,
      "dateCreated": "2016-07-23T21:11Z",
      "author": {
        "@type": "Person",
        "name": "New Baking User"
      },
      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "@type": "Answer",
        "text": "1 pound (lb) is equal to 16 ounces (oz).",
        "dateCreated": "2016-11-02T21:11Z",
        "upvoteCount": 1337,
        "url": "https://example.com/question1#acceptedAnswer",
        "author": {
          "@type": "Person",
          "name": "SomeUser"
        }
      },
      "suggestedAnswer": [
        {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": "Are you looking for ounces or fluid ounces? If you are looking for fluid ounces there are 15.34 fluid ounces in a pound of water.",
          "dateCreated": "2016-11-02T21:11Z",
          "upvoteCount": 42,
          "url": "https://example.com/question1#suggestedAnswer1",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "AnotherUser"
          }
        }, {
          "@type": "Answer",
          "text": " I can't remember exactly, but I think 18 ounces in a lb. You might want to double check that.",
          "dateCreated": "2016-11-06T21:11Z",
          "upvoteCount": 0,
          "url": "https://example.com/question1#suggestedAnswer2",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "ConfusedUser"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
</script>

What do you think?

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