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AQA Guide 2026: Standard, Validator, AI-ready FAQ Resources | AI Labs Audit
Complete AQA (AI Question Answer) guide. Make your FAQs AI-visible in 5 min: validator, JSON-LD schema, notification hub. 2026 standard.
AQA (AI Question Answer) is an open standard introduced by AI Labs Audit to make a site's FAQs instantly usable by generative AI. Instead of waiting for ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity to re-crawl your site, AQA exposes a notification channel (hub/feed) that announces new question/answer pairs to AI systems the moment they're published.
AQA stacks three layers: a structured schema built on FAQPage + QAPage (JSON-LD), a public aggregation hub (ATOM feed), and a free validator that checks your page against the standard. Three tiers exist: AQA Basic (simple FAQ), Standard (with author + date metadata) and Full (cryptographic signatures, multilingual).
This hub gathers every AQA resource: practical guide, definitions, tooling, and integrations. It's the entry point if you want to move from a static FAQ to an AI-discoverable FAQ in under an hour.
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Frequently asked questions
What is AQA (AI Question Answer)?
AQA is an open standard that lets sites notify AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity...) of newly published Q&A pairs without waiting for a recrawl. It combines JSON-LD, a public hub, and a validator.
Difference between AQA and FAQPage schema?
FAQPage is static Schema.org vocabulary. AQA adds push notifications to a hub, automated validation, tiers (Basic/Standard/Full), and native multilingual support — using FAQPage as a building block.
Is AQA free and open source?
Yes. The standard, validator, and aggregation hub are free and open. Any site can publish to the hub via a simple HTTP call.
How long does AQA take to deploy?
About 5 minutes if your site already has FAQs: add the AQA JSON-LD and register the URL on the public hub. For AQA Full (signatures), plan around 30 minutes.
What AQA tiers exist?
Three: AQA Basic (minimal structure), AQA Standard (with author + dateModified), and AQA Full (cryptographic signatures, multilingual, versioning).
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