Article / BlogPosting / CreativeWork Schema Suite: 90 checks

ID	Check	Passes when	Weight	Runs
6.3.01	Detect BlogPosting or Article schema	Present	Critical	Deterministic
6.3.02	Validate correct schema type (BlogPosting, NewsArticle, Article)	Accurate	Critical	Deterministic
6.3.03	Validate headline present and matches on-page H1/H2	Consistent	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.04	Validate description present and meaningful	Clear	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.05	Validate articleBody present or extractable	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.06	Validate articleBody accuracy vs on-page content	High match	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.07	Validate wordCount property if used	Accurate	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.08	Validate mainEntityOfPage present	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.09	Validate datePublished exists and is valid ISO format	Correct	Critical	Deterministic
6.3.10	Validate dateModified exists and >= datePublished	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.11	Validate author schema present	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.12	Validate author is Person or Organization with correct fields	Valid	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.13	Validate author name matches on-page byline	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.14	Validate publisher schema present	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.15	Validate publisher includes logo via ImageObject	Logo present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.16	Validate publisher name consistency across site	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.17	Validate image/featuredImage property present	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.18	Validate featured image accessible (200 status)	OK	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.19	Validate ImageObject includes width/height if possible	Included	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.20	Validate ImageObject includes caption (if applicable)	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.21	Validate keywords/tags included	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.22	Validate genre property (e.g., analysis, blog, guide)	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.23	Validate canonical alignment with article schema URL	Perfect match	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.24	Validate sameAs references (e.g., social author profiles)	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.25	Validate citation property for referenced sources	Included where relevant	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.26	Validate mentions property (entities/topics referenced)	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.27	Validate articleSection (topical category)	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.28	Validate about (entities) present for semantic understanding	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.29	Validate alternativeHeadline if present	Accurate	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.30	Validate full schema passes Google Rich Results Test	Pass	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.31	Validate structured data matches on-page headings hierarchy	Accurate	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.32	Validate article schema includes readingTime if available	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.33	Validate inclusion of speakable specification for voice agents (if used)	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.34	Validate accessibility of the article for screen readers	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.35	Validate learningResourceType (tutorial, guide, review)	Accurate	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.36	Validate temporalCoverage if relevant	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.37	Validate references property for external sources	Included	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.38	Validate associatedMedia (images, videos)	Included	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.39	Validate review or rating schema if article includes evaluations	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.40	Validate discussionUrl if comments available	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.41	Validate commentCount if comments active	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.42	Validate isPartOf property linking to blog/collection index	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.43	Validate breadcrumb structured data coherence	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.44	Validate locationCreated if relevant	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.45	Validate contentLocation for context-based articles	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.46	Validate translator property if content translated	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.47	Validate editor property if editorially reviewed	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.48	Validate alternativeHeadline matches intent	Accurate	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.49	Validate that article schema entity references (via about/mentions) match topical content	High-match	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.50	Validate the presence of named entities (organizations, people, locations, technologies)	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.51	Validate that semantic entity linking aligns with the article’s main topic	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.52	Validate citation graph consistency across site	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.53	Validate article structured data completeness score >= 90%	High	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.54	Validate structured data identical across raw HTML and rendered DOM	Stable	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.55	Validate no conflicting authorship metadata (meta tags vs JSON-LD)	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.56	Validate that dateModified aligns with sitemap lastmod	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.57	Validate that featured image schema aligns with OG:image	Exact match	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.58	Validate that structured data includes multiple image resolutions (if available)	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.59	Validate that article schema correctly references any VideoObject	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.60	Validate full schema passes Schema.org validator	Full pass	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.61	Validate structured data matches canonical URL signals	Exact	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.62	Detect conflicting publication dates across meta tags, schema, AMP, or RSS	None	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.63	Validate no contradictory author values (schema vs OG vs meta)	None	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.64	Validate no contradictory publisher values	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.65	Validate absence of outdated AMP article schema	None	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.66	Validate article schema does not include deprecated fields	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.67	Validate articleBody is not overly truncated in JSON-LD	Correct	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.68	Validate articleBody contains structured paragraphs or text blocks	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.69	Validate references to multimedia (charts, tables, diagrams) if present	Included	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.70	Validate supporting content (FAQs, summaries, highlights) reflected in schema	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.71	Validate correct representation of article intent (informational, transactional, editorial)	Accurate	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.72	Validate alignment between article schema and Page Topic/Entity	Strong match	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.73	Validate AI-readiness of entity linking	Machine-readable	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.74	Validate Named Entities extracted via NLP appear in schema	High overlap	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.75	Validate presence of isPartOf linking article → category → main website	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.76	Validate outbound references included if article mentions authoritative sources	Present	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.77	Validate multiple author scenario correctness (multiple Person objects)	Accurate	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.78	Validate article schema accessibility by headless crawlers	Accessible	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.79	Validate JSON-LD appears before <body> close	Correct placement	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.80	Validate article structured data is crawlable even when JS disabled	Yes	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.81	Validate structured data adheres to site-wide consistency conventions	Consistent	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.82	Validate article schema references mainOrganization via publisher	Linking correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.83	Validate inclusion of sameAs for article author (LinkedIn, Twitter, website)	Present	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.84	Validate no duplicate Article or BlogPosting schemas per page	None	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.85	Validate article passes Google Search Console rich data tests	Pass	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.86	Validate article passes Schema.org validator with no errors	Pass	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.87	Validate article JSON-LD minifies cleanly without breaking	Clean	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.88	Validate schema objects follow naming conventions and stable @id	Correct	Medium	Deterministic
6.3.89	Compute article schema completeness score	>= 90%	Heavy	Deterministic
6.3.90	Compute full Article/BlogPosting composite score	>= 90%	Critical	Deterministic

6.3 Article / BlogPosting / CreativeWork Schema Suite

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