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Merge pull request #384 from w3c/issue-241-clarify-owl-import
#241: Clarify the use of `owl:import` in data graph
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The data graph is expected to include all the ontology axioms related to the data and especially all the
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<code>rdfs:subClassOf</code> triples in order for SHACL to correctly identify class targets and validate Core SHACL constraints.
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</p>
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<p class="note">
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<code>owl:imports</code> in the data graph is not enacted, in order to avoid uncontrolled increase of validation work. If you want to validate
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several related ontologies, pass all of them to the SHACL processor (together or one by one), do not rely on <code>owl:imports</code> links.
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</p>
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</section>
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<section id="sh-shapes-graph">

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