Re: GraphQL and SHACL from Peter F. Patel-Schneider on 2018-06-19 (public-shacl@w3.org from June 2018)

From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfpschneider@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:45:02 -0700
To: Irene Polikoff <irene@topquadrant.com>, public-shacl@w3.org
Message-ID: <991b8023-0d3b-7a15-b46e-dad3f4ac7ec0@gmail.com>

The paper "Semantics and Validation of Recursive SHACL"
by Julien Corman, Juan L. Reutter, and Ognjen Savković has the beginnings of a compact 
syntax for SHACL.   It looks quite good to me.

An extended version of the paper is available at
https://www.inf.unibz.it/krdb/KRDB%20files/tech-reports/KRDB18-01.pdf

peter
 


On 06/19/2018 07:36 AM, Irene Polikoff wrote:
> One of the capabilities for SHACL that is not yet standardized is a compact
> syntax. As part of the WG effort, a draft of the proposed compact syntax was
> developed, but, due to the time constraints, finalizing this work was deemed
> out of scope and to be addressed in the community group.
>
> In the last 6 months or so we, at TopQuadrant, have been experimenting with
> the use of GraphQL and GraphQL schemas. GraphQL is already widely used and
> interest in it is rapidly growing. We see its design and capabilities as
> well aligned with SHACL, making it possible (among other things) to use
> GraphQL as a compact syntax for SHACL.
>
> Results of our work will be presented in upcoming
> webinars: https://www.topquadrant.com/graphql-webinar/ this Thursday June
> 21st (9 am EDT) and also next week, Friday, June 29th (4pm EDT) - 2
> timeslots are available to better accommodate different time zones. However,
> both webinars will cover the same content.
>
> If you are interested in this topic, please join the webinars and provide
> feedback.
>
> Regards,
>
> Irene Polikoff

Received on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:45:28 UTC