Discussion Forum Schema improvements

[rrit (Ayke)]

@techAPJ

The other option would be to replace microdata schema with JSON-LD (which Google recommends ). This would decouple rendered data from structured data and will also work on mobile (as Dan pointed out above).

No rule without an exemption: For DiscussionForumPosting Google recommends the use of Microdata and not JSON-LD.

See Discussion Forum (DiscussionForumPosting) Schema Markup | Google Search Central  |  Documentation  |  Google for Developers

Technical guidelines

• Unlike our general structured data preference, we recommend providing the DiscussionForumPosting markup in Microdata (or RDFa) if possible. This prevents you from needing to duplicate large text blocks inside markup. However, this is just a recommendation, and JSON-LD is still fully supported.