Re: shapes-ISSUE-209 (What is a shape?): What is a shape [SHACL Spec]

I believe the question is "How do I know that a node is a shape?". The spec
says that it is "typically" a SHACL instance of sh:Shape. This is one way,
but not the definitive way (because of "typically") to determine that
something is a shape.

What are other ways? E.g., any subject of a triple with one of the SHACL
target or constraint predicates is a shape.

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 3:58 PM, RDF Data Shapes Working Group Issue
Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote:

> shapes-ISSUE-209 (What is a shape?): What is a shape [SHACL Spec]
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> http://www.w3.org/2014/data-shapes/track/issues/209
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> Raised by: Karen Coyle
> On product: SHACL Spec
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> Peter's mail: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-shapes/
> 2016Oct/0029.html
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> "Just what are shapes?
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> The terminology section says:
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> "Shape
> A shape is a node in a shapes graph that is typically a SHACL instance of
> sh:Shape. A shape provides a collection of targets, filters, constraints
> and
> parameters of constraint components that specify how a data graph is
> validated against the shape. Shapes can also provide non-validating
> information, such as labels and comments."
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> Section 2 says:
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> "Shapes define constraints that a set of focus nodes can be validated
> against."
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> This doesn't, however, provide guidance in determining what the shapes in a
> shapes graph are."
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> (more in the email)
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