Re: shapes-ISSUE-141 (Mixed ranges): How to represent mixed datatype-or-class ranges [SHACL - Core]

On 14/04/2016 6:44, Karen Coyle wrote:
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> On 3/21/16 9:16 PM, RDF Data Shapes Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
>> Some options:
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>> 0) Do nothing, consider this a rare (anti) pattern.
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> Hopefully we all agree that this is far from a rare case. The more 
> general a vocabulary (e.g. DCTerms) more likely it is to have a 
> variety of uses.
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> Now the question is: do the solutions being suggested allow one to 
> have both:
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> x dcterms:subject "A string"
> x dcterms:subject http://example.com/subject1
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> in the same graph, both valid?

Yes. That is exactly the scenario that is currently hard to express.

Holger


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> Thanks,
> kc
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> p.s. Stats on vocab use on open web at http://lov.okfn.org/dataset/lov 
> show that DCTerms is still by far the most used, DCe (the original DC 
> set with no ranges defined) close behind, but schema.org coming up.
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Received on Wednesday, 13 April 2016 21:02:52 UTC