Identity & Authority: Scottish Athletics – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Scottish Athletics

(https://scottishathletics.org.uk) 📸 Data Snapshot: June 19, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
14 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
93% Reputation

The authority is backed by a 2001 establishment date in the metadata and schema. However, there is a gap in connecting named athletes (like Ben) or officials to Person schema or digital identifiers. The technical structure is sound, with clean heading hierarchy, but it lacks the granular schema properties (like sameAs) expected of a high-authority national entity.

The site avoids bold marketing performance claims like transform your body or guaranteed results. Instead, it makes factual claims about selection for international teams and event locations. The substance of these claims is high because they are tied to specific, upcoming dates relative to the June 19, 2026 anchor date.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
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            "url": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/",
            "name": "Home - Scottish Athletics",
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            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#primaryimage"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#primaryimage"
            },
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            "datePublished": "2014-04-28T10:41:08+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2021-10-19T14:24:55+00:00",
            "description": "scottishathletics is the national governing body for athletics in Scotland, established in 2001 and succeeding the Scottish Athletics Federation.",
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            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
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                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UniInt-63581-2.jpg",
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            "width": 1024,
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            "caption": "Spikes on track"
        },
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                }
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            "name": "Scottish Athletics",
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                    }
                }
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}
/news/
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            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/",
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            },
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            },
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            },
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            "dateModified": "2021-10-19T14:24:55+00:00",
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            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
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                        "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
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            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
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            "contentUrl": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UniInt-63581-2.jpg",
            "width": 1024,
            "height": 682,
            "caption": "Spikes on track"
        },
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            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
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                    "@type": "ListItem",
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                }
            ]
        },
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            "url": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/",
            "name": "Scottish Athletics",
            "description": "",
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                    },
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                    }
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        }
    ]
}
/membership/
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        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/",
            "url": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/",
            "name": "Home - Scottish Athletics",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#website"
            },
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                "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#primaryimage"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#primaryimage"
            },
            "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UniInt-63581-2.jpg",
            "datePublished": "2014-04-28T10:41:08+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2021-10-19T14:24:55+00:00",
            "description": "scottishathletics is the national governing body for athletics in Scotland, established in 2001 and succeeding the Scottish Athletics Federation.",
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                "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#breadcrumb"
            },
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                        "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
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            "inLanguage": "en-US",
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            "url": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UniInt-63581-2.jpg",
            "contentUrl": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UniInt-63581-2.jpg",
            "width": 1024,
            "height": 682,
            "caption": "Spikes on track"
        },
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                {
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                    "name": "Home"
                }
            ]
        },
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            "url": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/",
            "name": "Scottish Athletics",
            "description": "",
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                    },
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                    }
                }
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        }
    ]
}
/about/
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        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/",
            "url": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/",
            "name": "Home - Scottish Athletics",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#primaryimage"
            },
            "image": {
                "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#primaryimage"
            },
            "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UniInt-63581-2.jpg",
            "datePublished": "2014-04-28T10:41:08+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2021-10-19T14:24:55+00:00",
            "description": "scottishathletics is the national governing body for athletics in Scotland, established in 2001 and succeeding the Scottish Athletics Federation.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "ReadAction",
                    "target": [
                        "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#primaryimage",
            "url": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UniInt-63581-2.jpg",
            "contentUrl": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UniInt-63581-2.jpg",
            "width": 1024,
            "height": 682,
            "caption": "Spikes on track"
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/#website",
            "url": "https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/",
            "name": "Scottish Athletics",
            "description": "",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
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                    },
                    "query-input": {
                        "@type": "PropertyValueSpecification",
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                    }
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
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    ]
}
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
12Review mentions (all pages)
4External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 3 1
/news/ 3 1
/membership/ 3 1
/about/ 3 1