Re: shapes-ISSUE-192 (Are focus nodes shapes?): Should focus nodes be of type sh:Shape? if not, then what?

Right, thanks Irene. I'm going to go through these mails and see what 
questions still need to be answered.

kc

On 10/26/16 6:52 AM, Irene Polikoff wrote:
> sh:filterShape is a property, so its type is rdf:Property
>
> Itıs range of values are instances of sh:Shape
>
> sh:filterShape
>   rdf:type rdf:Property ;
>   rdfs:domain sh:Constraint ;
>   rdfs:range sh:Shape ;
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> Irene
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> On 10/26/16, 8:58 AM, "Karen Coyle" <kcoyle@kcoyle.net> wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>> Note that the first sentence of filter shape (2.2) says that the
>>>> filter shape is a shape: "A filter is a shape in the shapes graph that
>>>> further refines the focus nodes in the data graph that are validated
>>>> against a constraint or all the constraints of a shape."
>>>
>>> Hmm well, that's formal language - I don't see a mistake but it's not
>>> very readable. This is the general conflict that we have as editors:
>>> some people tell us they want it more formal and others tell us they
>>> want it more readable. It's not always possible to have both. If in
>>> doubt, I am afraid I'll have to stick with the formal language and leave
>>> the rest to other material. I welcome diffs with better prose.
>>>
>>
>> It's not the language that is the problem - it's that it says that a
>> filter is a shape, which I read as
>> sh:filterShape rdf:type sh:Shape
>>
>> while the RDF says:
>>
>> sh:filterShape rdf:type sh:Constraint
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