Can I have schema.org links as relative on my site? Getting an html validation error.

[RoxBrock]

I'm getting an html validation error on relative schema.org links

"Bad value //schema.org/Organization for attribute itemtype on element div: The string //schema.org/Organization is not an absolute URL."

This is my code for https site:

<code class="input">e itemtype="//schema.org/Organization"><a itemprop="url" class="navbar-brand" …<="" code=""></a></code>

[RyanPurkey]

The error is looking for an absolute URL (including the http or https) so it doesn't look like it'll parse without it there. There's a nice discussion from a year ago at Stack Exchange on this as well, with the conclusion being, "Regarding HTTP vs. HTTPS, see also my answer to a similar (not duplicate) question: I’d recommend to always use the HTTP variant of Schema.org URIs." From: http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/71857/schema-org-itemtype-identifier-should-it-use-relative-urls-or-https-links  Cheers!

[RoxBrock]

I've read all your links and what I understand is an http link to schema.org is best practice. yes?

[RyanPurkey]

Yup.