Re: ISSUE-49 Meaning of Filter Shapes

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On 17/12/2015 6:59 PM, Arthur Ryman wrote:
> The spec is currently not clear about the meaning of filter shapes.
> They are tied in with the scoping mechanism. However, they are useful
> independently of scoping, e.g. applied to property constraints.
>
> A natural interpretation of filters is as an IF-THEN construct.
> * If the filter is not satisfied then the shape is satisfied, i.e. no
> violations can be raised by the constraints in the shape.
> * If the filter is satisfied then the shape is satisfied if and only
> if all the constraints in the shape are satisfied.
>
> With this definition, scopes and filters are independent features of
> SHACL. filters are always used when determining if a shape is
> satisfied.
>
> -- Arthur
>

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