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rival roots
Two top-level organisation-like nodes on one page with the same name and different @ids: the same business declared as two entities. A consumer cannot merge them, and corroboration earned by one does not accrue to the other.
What rival roots means
Two top-level organisation-like nodes on one page with the same name and different @ids: the same business declared as two entities. A consumer cannot merge them, and corroboration earned by one does not accrue to the other. The usual cause is a theme emitting its own business node beside a plugin's.
What rival roots can and cannot support
| It can support | It cannot support |
|---|---|
| Two top-level organisation-like nodes on one page with the same name and different @ids: the same business declared as two entities. The usual cause is a theme emitting its own business node beside a plugin's. | A consumer cannot merge them, and corroboration earned by one does not accrue to the other. |
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Questions about rival roots
What is rival roots?
Two top-level organisation-like nodes on one page with the same name and different @ids: the same business declared as two entities. A consumer cannot merge them, and corroboration earned by one does not accrue to the other.
What does rival roots not show or guarantee?
A consumer cannot merge them, and corroboration earned by one does not accrue to the other.
Which area of the glossary does rival roots belong to?
Entities and schema: Declaring who you are in a form a resolver can use without guessing.
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