[data-shapes] Should we "officially" allow rdfs:label/comment instead of sh:name/description (#558)

HolgerKnublauch has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/data-shapes:

== Should we "officially" allow rdfs:label/comment instead of sh:name/description ==
Currently, many people misunderstand the intended semantics of sh:name and sh:description and would rather use rdfs:label and comment at property shapes.

See https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7367747396455309313?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7367747396455309313%2C7367845601729855488%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287367845601729855488%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7367747396455309313%29 for one example discussion. But I have seen this before, many times. History shows if almost everyone struggles with some design decision, then maybe the decision wasn't good.

One approach would be to use sh:name over rdfs:label and sh:description over rdfs:comment for their respective purposes. This way, sh:name and description can be phased out.

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/data-shapes/issues/558 using your GitHub account


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