title: Splitting schema.org Microdata over multiple divs or elements
body: <p>The basic <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-microdata-20110405/#the-basic-syntax" rel="noreferrer">Microdata</a> should be something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/LocalBusiness"&gt;
  &lt;a itemprop="url" href="url"&gt;&lt;div itemprop="name"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;/a&gt;
  &lt;div itemprop="description"&gt;My Description&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress"&gt;
  &lt;span itemprop="streetAddress"&gt;My Address&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;span itemprop="addressLocality"&gt;My City&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;span itemprop="postalCode"&gt;My Zip&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;span itemprop="addressCountry"&gt;My Country&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But can I "split" the <code>itemscope</code> along the page?</p>
  
  <p>Giving an extreme example - Say I have the <code>name</code> at the header of a page, the <code>address</code> in the middle of the page, and the <code>country</code> at the footer.</p>
  
  <p>Would it still be a valid / effective to split the data in such a way? or do I always need to use a cluster.</p>
  
  <p>And if a split is valid, how exactly to perform it?
  Do I just need to repeat the <code>div</code>s like :</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/LocalBusiness"&gt;
  &lt;div itemprop="name"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;div itemprop="description"&gt;My Description&lt;/div&gt;
  
      &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And …</p>
  
  <pre><code> &lt;div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/LocalBusiness"&gt;
  
      &lt;span itemprop="streetAddress"&gt;My Address&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  
      &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And …</p>
  
  <pre><code>   &lt;div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/LocalBusiness"&gt;
  
      &lt;span itemprop="country"&gt;My Country&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  
     &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is my first time considering the use of Microdata - and I just want to make sure that I do it correctly - and I could not see any references to such a "split".</p>
  
  <p>And on the same topic, can I use already existing elements, while adding only the <code>itemscope</code>?</p>
  
  <p>For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/LocalBusiness"&gt;
  &lt;h1&gt;&lt;div id = "title" class="title" itemprop="name"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
  &lt;/a&gt;
  </code></pre>