ISSUE-94: Should RDF syntax requirements be separated from SHACL semantics

separate syntax and semantics

Should RDF syntax requirements be separated from SHACL semantics

State:
CLOSED
Product:
SHACL Spec
Raised by:
Harold Solbrig
Opened on:
2015-09-24
Description:
The SHACL specification doesn't currently differentiate the core semantics requirements for any SHACL implementation for the RDF specific syntax. As an example, sh:allowedValues identifies a set of RDF Terms that constrain the possible targets of a given predicate. The fact that this is a set and the fact that they must be RDF Terms would appear to be true no matter what syntax is used. The next sentence in the document states that this set must be represented as "well-formed instances of rdf:List", which would make sense in (some) RDF representations of SHACL, but would have no meaning in other situations.

Would it make sense to create a style or some sort of identifier in the specification that would allow readers to differentiate universal requirements from those that are only applicable in RDF syntax?
Related Actions Items:
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Related emails:
  1. ISSUE-93 and ISSUE-94 (attn: Harold) (from holger@topquadrant.com on 2016-10-07)
  2. Re: Please review the SHACL draft (was Re: Editing progress) (from holger@topquadrant.com on 2016-08-31)
  3. Re: RDF Data Shapes WG agenda for 8 October 2015 (from pfpschneider@gmail.com on 2015-10-16)
  4. Re: RDF Data Shapes WG agenda for 15 October 2015 (from pfpschneider@gmail.com on 2015-10-14)
  5. Re: shapes-ISSUE-94 (hsolbrig): Should RDF syntax requirements be separated from SHACL semantics [SHACL Spec] (from arthur.ryman@gmail.com on 2015-10-11)
  6. Re: RDF Data Shapes WG agenda for 8 October 2015 (from kcoyle@kcoyle.net on 2015-10-08)
  7. Re: RDF Data Shapes WG agenda for 8 October 2015 (from pfpschneider@gmail.com on 2015-10-08)
  8. shapes-ISSUE-94 (hsolbrig): Should RDF syntax requirements be separated from SHACL semantics [SHACL Spec] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2015-09-24)

Related notes:

RESOLUTION: Close ISSUE-94 as obsolete

https://www.w3.org/2017/01/18-shapes-minutes.html

Irene Polikoff, 10 Feb 2017, 00:07:41

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