agent-readable web standards: 18 curated resources
agent-readable web standards
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Does Anthropic crawl data from the web, and how can site owners block the crawler?
by Anthropic
Anthropic support article on its web crawler and how site owners can block it.
Canonical URLs
by Google
Google Search Central page on specifying canonical URLs with rel="canonical" and other methods.
Google AI features and your website
by Google
Google Search Central page: how AI features such as AI Overviews use and show website content.
Google Dataset structured data
by Google
Google Search Central page: Dataset structured data markup for appearing in Dataset Search.
Google sitemaps overview
by Google
Google Search Central overview of sitemaps: what they are and when a site needs one.
Google structured data intro
by Google
Google Search Central introduction to structured data markup and how Search uses it.
IndexNow
Bing IndexNow page: protocol for notifying search engines of new and changed URLs.
JSON Feed
by Manton Reece and Brent Simmons (JSON Feed)
JSON Feed version 1.1 specification: JSON-based syndication format similar to RSS and Atom.
JSON-LD 1.1
by W3C
W3C JSON-LD 1.1 recommendation: JSON-based format for serialising linked data.
JSON Schema
JSON Schema site: specification and tooling for describing and validating JSON data.
llms.txt proposal
by Jeremy Howard (llms.txt proposal)
llms.txt proposal: a standard /llms.txt file giving agents concise information about a website.
OpenAI crawlers (GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot)
by OpenAI
OpenAI documentation on its web crawlers GPTBot and OAI-SearchBot and how to control them.
RFC 9309 robots.txt
RFC 9309: the Robots Exclusion Protocol specification for robots.txt.
schema.org Dataset
by Schema.org
schema.org Dataset type: vocabulary for describing datasets in structured data.
schema.org DefinedTerm
by Schema.org
schema.org DefinedTerm type: vocabulary for terms with formal definitions in a glossary.
schema.org ItemList
by Schema.org
schema.org ItemList type: vocabulary for ordered or unordered lists of items.
schema.org LearningResource
by Schema.org
schema.org LearningResource type: vocabulary for describing educational resources.
Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) Version 3
by W3C
W3C DCAT version 3: RDF vocabulary for describing data catalogues.