[w3ctag/design-reviews] WG Revision: SHACL 1.2 SPARQL (Issue #1174)

nicholascar created an issue (w3ctag/design-reviews#1174)

### Specification

https://w3c.github.io/data-shapes/shacl12-sparql/

### Explainer

https://w3c.github.io/data-shapes/shacl12-overview/#whatsnew

### Links


* The WG's request for this TAG review: https://www.w3.org/2025/11/03-data-shapes-minutes.html
* TAG review of the previous version of this specification, if any: Ths content was mostly part of the original SHACL release in 2017 (https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/REC-shacl-20170720/) but I can't find links to the review back in 2017
* A description of what has changed since our previous review: As per the features below.

Feature 1:  
**Cleaner Separation between Core and SPARQL**  
We now have a cleaner separation of Core and SPARQL concerns into separate specifications. This helps indicate SHACL Core is not dependent on SPARQL, clarify other dependencies, and make some implementations easier.

### The specification

- [ ] Follows the [Web Platform Design Principles](https://www.w3.org/TR/design-principles/).
- [x] Includes Security and Privacy Considerations sections based on answers to the [Security/Privacy Questionnaire](https://www.w3.org/TR/security-privacy-questionnaire/).

### Where and by whom is the work is being done?

- GitHub repo: https://github.com/w3c/data-shapes/
- Primary contacts:
  - @HolgerKnublauch, Top Quadrant, main editor
  - @ashleysommer, Aust. Government, DCCEEW, secondary editor
  - @nicholascar, [KurrawongAI](https://kurrawong.ai/), WG co-chair
  - @PapoutsoglouE, Y.digital, WG co-chair
- Organization/project driving the specification: Top Quadrant, Aust. Gov., KurrawongAI, Y.digital,  INRIA
- This work is being funded by: in-kind only from editors' & co-charis' orgs
- Primary standards group developing this feature: Data Shapes WG
- Incubation and standards groups that have discussed the design: This is build on top of RDF 1.2 work and we have members in common with that WG and discussed it with them


### Feedback so far

- Active horizontal reviews: Just started, as per https://github.com/w3c/data-shapes/issues/635
- Multi-stakeholder feedback:
  - none yet
- Major unresolved issues with or opposition to this specification:
  - none that we know of: this is just a spec refinement/update of the previous SHACL spec
- Status/issue trackers for implementations: https://w3c.github.io/data-shapes/data-shapes-test-suite/

### You should also know that...

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