Person schema
The node that Organization, LocalBusiness, founder edge and author references all point at, and the authorship half of an entity graph. One Person, one stable @id declared on every page that references it, a name, a jobTitle, a url, and a sameAs to at least one profile that links back.
What Person schema means
It can support a claim that a named human stands behind the site.
What Person schema does not show
It cannot support expertise: a Person node with a credentials list is a declaration, and CrawlCheck's E-E-A-T proxy rows read only whether it is declared and corroborated, not whether it is true.
Terms this definition uses
LocalBusiness · founder edge · entity graph · stable @id · sameAs · E-E-A-T
Related terms in Entities and schema
Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.
invented value · signed business record · listing audit · listing supplier · fix receipt · structured data · JSON-LD · stable @id · entity collision · reciprocated sameAs · sameAs · knowledge graph · entity resolution · entity disambiguation · Wikidata · NAP · local citation · Organization schema · LocalBusiness · FAQPage · structured data validation · @context · agentic knowledge graph · microformats (h-card) · RDF · triple · dangling @id · RDFa and Microdata · founder edge · foundingDate · knowsAbout · unreciprocated profile · entity graph · DefinedTerm · named entity recognition · NAP consistency · NAP schema · name drift · geocoding · rival roots · speakable · FAQPage schema · OpeningHoursSpecification · service area
Questions about Person schema
What is Person schema?
The node that Organization, LocalBusiness, founder edge and author references all point at, and the authorship half of an entity graph. One Person, one stable @id declared on every page that references it, a name, a jobTitle, a url, and a sameAs to at least one profile that links back.
What does Person schema not show or guarantee?
It cannot support expertise: a Person node with a credentials list is a declaration, and CrawlCheck's E-E-A-T proxy rows read only whether it is declared and corroborated, not whether it is true.
Which area of the glossary does Person schema belong to?
Entities and schema: Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.
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