Re: shapes-ISSUE-167 (implicit class scope): [EDITORIAL] implicit class scope gives impression of inferencing

On 20/05/2016 7:08, RDF Data Shapes Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
> shapes-ISSUE-167 (implicit class scope): [EDITORIAL] implicit class scope gives impression of inferencing
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> http://www.w3.org/2014/data-shapes/track/issues/167
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> Raised by: Dean Allemang
> On product:
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> An external comment https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-shapes/2016May/0000.html indicates problems with the wording in:
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> 2.1.2.1 Implicit Class Scopes
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> When, in the shapes graph, a shape is a SHACL instance of both sh:Shape and rdfs:Class the shape MUST get an implicit class scope of the class IRI and the sh:scopeClass triple MAY be omitted.
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> ex:Person
> 	a rdfs:Class, sh:Shape ;
> 	sh:scopeClass ex:Person .  #this triple can be omitted
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> I suggest instead
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> 2.1.2.1 Class Class Scopes
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> When, in the shapes graph, a shape is a SHACL instance of both sh:Shape and rdfs:Class the shape is a class scope of itself.
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> ex:Person
> 	a rdfs:Class, sh:Shape ;

Done. I have also added an example data graph and a short sentence 
explaining which node is in scope.

Assuming this addresses your issue because I have used your suggested 
wording, I have closed the ticket.

Holger


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