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Best practices — Schema.org
Why use Person schema for authors?
Connecting an author to Person markup, credentials and external profiles supports E-E-A-T at the individual level, beyond the website alone.
Further analysis
Use this entry as an audit checkpoint. The cited source establishes the context; the direct answer identifies what to check before choosing an action.
In SFT, this topic relates to Trust. Check whether the signal is visible on the page, connected to the rest of the website and supported by understandable evidence.
Related search terms include Person schema, author markup. Use them to describe the issue in a brief, audit or answer page.
Applying SFT
Trust requires observable evidence: sources, consistency, citations, identifiable authors and verifiable claims.