Do We Need Plugins For Schemas In Discourse

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The discussion Do We Need Plugins For Schemas In Discourse revolves around understanding schemas in Discourse. MihirR is exploring whether additional plugins are required for schema functionality or if native Discourse features are sufficient. They mention seeing a report in the search console with valid enhancements for breadcrumbs and discussion forums, but are unsure of its meaning. MihirR’s goal is to achieve proper search results, similar to a knowledge graph, and wonders if Discourse offers a plugin or native configuration for this. Meanwhile, thoka is interested in learning more about schema best practices and is dreaming of building a knowledge graph inside Discourse with named references and directional dependencies between tags.

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Hey everyone, this might be a very out-of-context question, so please bear with me.

I was actually trying to understand schemas and how they work. Similar to WordPress, do we need to install an additional plugin, or are the native Discourse functionalities enough for this?

Also, in the search console, I can see this:

A report shows that every type of enhancement is valid, with a green arrow indicating upward trends for both breadcrumbs and discussion forum types. (Captioned by AI)
A report shows that every type of enhancement is valid, with a green arrow indicating upward trends for both breadcrumbs and discussion forum types. (Captioned by AI)1384×406 12.4 KB

Though, the company has around 14,000 topics, and the breadcrumbs/discussion forums show 189. So, is this just an enhancement, or what exactly does this mean?

My major intention behind this is to get a proper search result for the community, like a knowledge graph and all. Though, from what I know, it might take a long time and a lot of backlinks before it’s possible. Also, a search result like this:

A snapshot of the Official Support Forum for Discourse, featuring topics like creating a website and installing software. (Captioned by AI)
A snapshot of the Official Support Forum for Discourse, featuring topics like creating a website and installing software. (Captioned by AI)1084×781 54.5 KB

Which is possible due to the schema structure.

So, does Discourse offer an additional plugin for this, or is it natively configured for it?

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Could you provide some background literature and/or best practice links for this kind of schema / knowledge graph?

I’m dreaming about named references from topics to topics and directional dependencies between tags, to build a knowledge graph inside discourse.