Re: [W3C Process] Specberus errors when attempting to publish SHACL spec

On 15/08/2016 9:48, Irene Polikoff wrote:
> Validating target nodes or focus nodes?

The target nodes become focus nodes for the duration of the actual 
validation step. And there can be focus nodes which are not target 
nodes, because they are invoked as part of a nested validation (sh:or etc).

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> Also, is it “validating a shape” or is it “validating a data graph 
> against a shape”?

Ok, I have tweaked that sentence further:

Validating a <a>data graph</a> against a <a>shape</a> involves 
validating the target nodes for all targets of the shape.

Holger



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> From: Holger Knublauch <holger@topquadrant.com 
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> Date: Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 7:37 PM
> To: public-data-shapes-wg <public-data-shapes-wg@w3.org 
> <mailto:public-data-shapes-wg@w3.org>>
> Subject: Re: [W3C Process] Specberus errors when attempting to publish 
> SHACL spec
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> Validating ashape 
> <http://w3c.github.io/data-shapes/shacl/#dfn-shape>involves validating 
> the target nodes for all targets of the shape.