Re: Is union of targets distinct?

Hi Vladimir,

To me, this sounds more like an implementation question, rather than a standards question.

Regards,

Irene


> On Jan 6, 2022, at 1:58 PM, Vladimir Alexiev <vladimir.alexiev@ontotext.com> wrote:
> 
> https://www.w3.org/TR/shacl/#targets <https://www.w3.org/TR/shacl/#targets>: "union of terms produced by the individual targets that are declared by the shape".
> 
> Say I have a shape with the following targeting:
> 
> sh:targetClass :Foo;
> sh:targetSubjectsOf :bar, :baz;
> sh:targetObjectsOf :blor;
> 
> Say a node matches all of these conditions:
> will it be selected for validation once and not 4 times?
> 
> I.e., is the "union of terms" supposed to be DISTINCT?
> (Union in mathematics is distinct, but not in SPARQL)
> 
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