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| In this definition, the essence of the English word is retained, since a summary or extraction of or from a data object <em>may</em> be an outline of it; for example, a 2D representation of a 3D spatial object. or a statistical summary of a dataset having lots of parts. | ||
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| By definition, SHACL constrains (RDF) data; thus, any data that is valid according to a shapes graph will be a profile of the data graph that was validated. In the case of a shapes graph validating all elements of a data graph, the valid data will be a "null" profile of the data graph, that is identical to it. |
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| By definition, SHACL constrains (RDF) data; thus, any data that is valid according to a shapes graph will be a profile of the data graph that was validated. In the case of a shapes graph validating all elements of a data graph, the valid data will be a "null" profile of the data graph, that is identical to it. | |
| By definition, SHACL constrains (RDF) data. Therefore, any data that is valid according to a shapes graph will be a profile of the data graph that was validated. If a shapes graph validates all elements of a data graph, the resulting valid data will be a "null" profile of the data graph, meaning it is identical to the original data graph. |
| <em>A data specification that constrains, extends, combines, or provides guidance or explanation about the use of other data specifications.</em> | ||
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| If a shapes graph is taken to be a "data specification" and it can sensibly be then, in addition to data valid according to a shapes graph being a profile of the data graph validated, the shapes graph itself is a profile of the data model used for the data graph. |
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| If a shapes graph is taken to be a "data specification" and it can sensibly be then, in addition to data valid according to a shapes graph being a profile of the data graph validated, the shapes graph itself is a profile of the data model used for the data graph. | |
| If a shapes graph is taken to be a "data specification," then not only is the data that is valid according to the shapes graph a profile of the validated data graph, but the shapes graph itself also serves as a profile of the data model used for the data graph. |
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| The W3C's <em>Profiles Vocabulary</em> [[dx-prof]] has defined "data profiling" in the context of <em>specifications</em> or <em>data specifications</em>: | ||
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| <em>A data specification that constrains, extends, combines, or provides guidance or explanation about the use of other data specifications.</em> |
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| <em>A data specification that constrains, extends, combines, or provides guidance or explanation about the use of other data specifications.</em> | |
| <em>A data specification that constrains, extends, combines, or provides guidance or explanation about the use of other data specifications. This definition includes what are sometimes called "application profiles", "metadata application profiles", or "metadata profiles".</em> |
Should we add the other variants referred to in the specification?
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A start on Introduction section of the Profiling document to define & scope it.
This is just a proposed intro setting a scope so please comment here to challenge/add to it.
Viewable at https://raw.githack.com/w3c/data-shapes/profiling-updates/shacl12-profiling/index.html