Is It Out of Scope? — Web design
Is adding schema markup beyond the original quote out of scope for a web design project?
Yes. Structured-data markup is a technical SEO task, not a design deliverable.
Schema markup rarely comes up on a design engagement at all, but if a template happened to ship with basic schema, clients sometimes assume more types can just be layered on as part of the same work.
Is it out of scope?
Yes. Structured data is markup written for search engines to parse, not a visual or layout concern — it's outside a design deliverable list regardless of how it's framed.
Clause typically implicated
Clause typically implicated
Exclusions clause→ — Schema markup is technical SEO work excluded from a design engagement's deliverables.
Example contract wording
Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)
Schema markup beyond what was quoted is technical SEO work rather than design work — I'd recommend looping in whoever handles your SEO, or I can scope it separately if you'd like this team to take it on.
How MarginFlow flags it
MarginFlow flags structured-data and schema requests outside_scope on design contracts, treating them the same as other technical-SEO asks that land on the wrong service.