| Article / BlogPosting / NewsArticle | Content | Marks up editorial content with author, dates, images, section. | Top Stories, AI Overviews, Discover | Every post and news update. | Auto-generated on /blog/* and /google-update/* with author + publisher. | Must-have |
| BreadcrumbList | Navigation | Ordered navigation trail. | Breadcrumb in result | Every page ≥2 levels deep. | Auto via PillarLayout on 150+ hubs. | Must-have |
| ContactPoint | People & Org | Support / sales channel, hours, languages. | Knowledge Panel contact | Nested in Organization. | Live in root Organization node. | Must-have |
| FAQPage | Content | Question and answer pairs on a page. | FAQ accordions, PAA, AI answers | Any page with 3+ genuine questions. | Injected on every post, pillar, and answer page. | Must-have |
| LocalBusiness + Place | Local | Business address, hours, phone, geo. | Local pack, map results, Knowledge Panel | Location pages, contact page. | Emitted on /locations/$country/$city. | Must-have |
| MonetaryAmount + PriceSpecification | Commerce | Currency, price, unit, valid range. | Price chip | Anywhere price appears. | Embedded inside Product and Offer nodes. | Must-have |
| Organization + ContactPoint | People & Org | Company identity, logo, sameAs, contact channels. | Knowledge Panel, logo in SERP | Root of every site. | Injected sitewide from __root. | Must-have |
| Product + Offer + AggregateRating | Commerce | Product name, price, availability, reviews. | Product snippet, Shopping tab, Merchant listings | Every product, plugin, add-on. | Wired to /pricing, /product/*, and Freemius plan IDs. | Must-have |
| QAPage | Content | Single primary question with community/accepted answers. | PAA, AI answers | Every /answers/$slug. | Live on /answers/*. | Must-have |
| SoftwareApplication | Commerce | App name, OS, category, ratings, offer. | Software carousel, ratings, price chip | Plugin and SaaS pages. | Live on /pricing and /features hubs. | Must-have |
| WebSite + SearchAction | Navigation | Site identity plus internal search endpoint. | Sitelinks searchbox | Root only. | Live in __root. | Must-have |
| AggregateOffer | Commerce | Range of offers from multiple sellers. | Price range | Comparison/pricing pages. | On /pricing tier grid. | High |
| CollectionPage / ItemList | Navigation | Curated list of items with position order. | List carousel | 'Best of', category, listicles. | Live on /best-* and category hubs. | High |
| Dataset | Data & Research | Dataset name, description, distribution, license, temporalCoverage. | Dataset Search | Research reports, keyword lists, benchmarks. | Recommended: emit for /trends/* and /research exports. | High |
| DefinedTerm + DefinedTermSet | Content | Dictionary/glossary term definitions. | Definition box | Glossary hubs. | Live on /seo-glossary/*. | High |
| Event / EducationEvent | Events & Learning | Event date, location, offers, virtualLocation. | Events pack | Webinars, conferences. | Emitted per /webinars/* entry. | High |
| HowTo | Content | Ordered steps, tools, supplies, time required. | HowTo carousel, Assistant, AI Overviews | Tutorials, migrations, setup guides. | Emitted from /docs/* and /academy/* lesson steps. | High |
| HowToStep / HowToTip / HowToSection | Content | Individual step within a HowTo. | HowTo steps | Nested inside HowTo. | Auto-nested by doc renderer. | High |
| ImageObject | Media | Explicit image metadata (creator, license, caption). | Images tab, licensable badge | Original screenshots and hero images. | On /screenshots gallery with license URL. | High |
| OfferCatalog | Commerce | Group of offers under a service/product. | Price options | Pricing / service tier pages. | On /services/* tier grid. | High |
| Person | People & Org | Author identity — jobTitle, sameAs, image, alumniOf. | Author snippet, entity panel | About page and byline pages. | Full Person schema on /about (Usman Jatoi). | High |
| ProfilePage | People & Org | Person or org profile page marker. | Author panel | Author, contributor, team pages. | Add on /about and future /team/*. | High |
| Question (individual, not FAQPage) | Content | Standalone question node. | PAA, AI answers | Community-answer contexts. | Used inside QAPage on /answers/*. | High |
| Review / AggregateRating | Commerce | Individual and aggregated star ratings. | Star ratings | Testimonials, product, case studies. | On /pricing, /case-studies/*, and testimonials. | High |
| Service + Offer | Commerce | Service type, area served, provider, price range. | Service block, local pack context | Every /services/* page. | Auto per service × industry × location. | High |
| SoftwareSourceCode | Data & Research | Code snippet with language and dependencies. | AI citations | Code-heavy tutorials. | Emit alongside snippet blocks in posts. | High |
| SpeakableSpecification | Content | CSS selectors marking speakable passages. | Google Assistant answers | H1, TL;DR, key takeaway blocks. | Emitted on /answers/* and all posts. | High |
| TechArticle | Content | Technical article with dependencies and proficiency level. | Doc snippet | API docs, migration guides. | Emitted on /docs/*. | High |
| VideoObject | Media | Video title, thumbnail, duration, upload date, transcript. | Video carousel, Video tab, key moments | Every embedded video. | Emitted on /webinars/* and tutorials. | High |
| APIReference | Data & Research | API endpoint documentation. | Dev-doc snippet | API endpoint pages. | Add when public API docs ship. | Situational |
| Book + Chapter | Content | Book metadata and chapter breakdown. | Book snippet | Ebook/whitepaper landing. | Emit on /resources/ebooks when live. | Situational |
| ClaimReview | Data & Research | Fact-check claim, rating, reviewer. | Fact Check chip | Myth-buster and correction posts. | Ready to emit on 'X myth' posts. | Situational |
| Course + CourseInstance | Events & Learning | Course provider, mode, duration, prerequisites. | Course carousel | Academy lessons and tracks. | Live on /academy/*. | Situational |
| JobPosting | Events & Learning | Role, salary, hiringOrganization, location. | Jobs box | Careers pages. | Planned when careers ships. | Situational |
| MedicalWebPage / MedicalCondition | Content | Medical entity and audience metadata. | Health card | Health content only. | N/A. | Situational |
| Movie / TVSeries / Episode | Media | Entertainment metadata. | Entertainment panel | Entertainment sites only. | N/A. | Situational |
| PodcastSeries + PodcastEpisode | Media | Podcast metadata, episodes, audio URL. | Audio result | Podcast landing pages. | Ready when podcast launches. | Situational |
| Recipe | Content | Ingredients, cook time, nutrition, ratings. | Recipe card, carousel | Food/cooking content only. | N/A for this project — reference only. | Situational |
| SiteNavigationElement | Navigation | Primary nav labels and URLs. | Sitelinks | Header/footer nav. | Emit-ready — planned for footer. | Situational |
| SpecialAnnouncement | Content | Time-boxed urgent announcement (outage, launch). | Announcement | Status page, launch banners. | Wire on /status when incidents open. | Situational |
