Stable Identifier

A durable URI given to a node in structured data so other nodes can reference it instead of repeating it.

Also known as @id. Updated .

What it means

Without identifiers, each block of markup is an island describing something in isolation. With them, an Article node points at its own WebPage node, which points at the Organization that published it, and the whole set describes one connected thing.

The part a short definition leaves out

The identifier only helps if it stays the same. Regenerating identifiers on every build, or tying them to a URL that changes with every redesign, gives you the syntax without the benefit.

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