{
  "_schema": "knowledge-base-article/v1",
  "title": "Digital Karma Scoring Methodology",
  "intro": "Understanding the transparent, automated trust and quality scoring system for AI websites.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "The Seven Signals",
      "body": "<ol><li><strong>Schema Coverage (20%)</strong> — Quality and completeness of Schema.org markup</li><li><strong>Content Freshness (15%)</strong> — Update frequency and recency</li><li><strong>AI Endpoints (25%)</strong> — Presence and completeness of required machine-readable files</li><li><strong>Federation Presence (15%)</strong> — Network participation and bidirectional links</li><li><strong>External Links (10%)</strong> — Quality and relevance of outbound references</li><li><strong>Technical Quality (10%)</strong> — Performance, security, accessibility</li><li><strong>Dataset Quality (5%)</strong> — Availability of structured datasets</li></ol>"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Badge Levels",
      "body": "<ul><li>🌐 <strong>Federation Member</strong> — All 6 required endpoints present</li><li>✅ <strong>Karma Certified</strong> — Score ≥ 0.70</li><li>⭐ <strong>Karma Pro</strong> — Score ≥ 0.85</li><li>🏆 <strong>Karma Elite</strong> — Score ≥ 0.95</li></ul>"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Calculating Your Score",
      "body": "<p>Run <code>python ai/calculate_karma.py</code> against your site to compute your score automatically. The script reads your AI endpoints and applies the weighted formula. Results are written directly to <code>/ai/karma.json</code>.</p><p>See the <a href='/standards'>Standards page</a> for the complete formula and signal breakdown.</p>"
    }
  ],
  "seo": {
    "meta_title": "Digital Karma Scoring Methodology | Knowledge Base | Digital Karma Web",
    "meta_description": "Understanding the seven-signal Digital Karma Score — a transparent, automated quality and trust scoring system for AI-ready websites."
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}