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Data Vocab or Schema?

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BeckyKey last edited by

Hi

I've always used schema mark up in previous companies, however product pages on the site I'm currently working on are in data vocab.

I cant find much about data vocab, so is it best to move away from this?

I need to update the mark up on our product pages - so want the best mark up for this

Thank you
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