title: What is the current state of Google support for JSON-LD schema formatting?
body: <p>On Google's page <a href="https://developers.google.com/structured-data/schema-org" rel="nofollow">About Schema.org</a> it is stated:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>JSON-LD is the newest and simplest markup format... Google is in the
    process of adding JSON-LD support to more markup-powered features. So
    far, JSON-LD is supported for all Knowledge Graph features, sitelink
    search boxes, Event Rich Snippets, and Recipe Rich Snippets; Google
    recommends the use of JSON-LD for those features. For the remaining
    Rich Snippets types and breadcrumbs, Google recommends the use of
    microdata or RDFa.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Yet on the page <a href="https://developers.google.com/structured-data/rich-snippets/articles" rel="nofollow">Enabling Rich Snippets for Articles</a> JSON-LD is shown in the examples as the first way to format article schema markup. Additionally, in the <a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/markup-helper/" rel="nofollow">Markup Helper Tool</a> article schema markup can be output as JSON-LD. </p>
  
  <p>Seeing as one page does not list Rich Snippets for articles as a supported use of JSON-LD, and any uses not listed there are not recommended, one would think that it is not available for use. Then why is JSON-LD listed as an example, the first example no less, on the page about rich snippets for articles? A bit confusing.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to begin using JSON-LD as the schema format for our site's articles, but only if it is certain that Google does in fact support its use. Could I get an official answer on the state of JSON-LD formatted schema markup support regarding article rich snippets from Google Support? </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://developers.google.com/structured-data/rich-snippets/articles" rel="nofollow">https://developers.google.com/structured-data/rich-snippets/articles</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/markup-helper/" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/webmasters/markup-helper/</a></p>