Re: ShEX vs JSON schema

Dear all,

I agree that ShEx or SHACL are preferable to JSON schema: JSON schema 
obviously applies only to JSON, whereas we would rather have a mechanism 
that applies to RDF in general, whatever the serialization syntax.

As to the choice between ShEx and SHACL, I must admit I'm puzzled. Does 
any of you have a pointer to a comparison, their respective B's and C's, 
application fields etc.? A quick lookup did not bring much, and at this 
point I just feel like they are competitors. I assume/hope there is more 
than that.

Regards,
    Franck.

Le 13/12/2017 à 11:00, Gray, Alasdair J G a écrit :
> Dear All,
>
> Leyla, thanks for kicking of this conversation on the list. It is 
> something that I have discussed with several people in face-to-face 
> conversations.
>> On 12 Dec 2017, at 17:41, Leyla Garcia <ljgarcia@ebi.ac.uk 
>> <mailto:ljgarcia@ebi.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Any thoughts on using ShEX [1] or SHACL [2] rather than JSON schema 
>> [3] for validation purposes?
>
> ShEx and SHACL are both more expressive than JSON schema, and better 
> capture the validation needs of the Bioschemas profiles. In 
> particular, they allow for the capture of relationships between 
> entities and also restrictions on the vocabulary terms used.
>
> Between ShEx and SHACL it is a closer run thing and we are doing some 
> experimentation with both. ShEx has a more concise notation than SHACL 
> and I understand that it has more expressive power. However, the SHACL 
> libraries and documentation are more professionally put together and 
> of course it has the endorsement of the W3C working group.
>
> There will be an ELIXIR implementation study in 2018 that has a focus 
> on validation so hopefully some of these issues can be investigated in 
> that.
>
> Best regards
>
> Alasdair
>
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