Assume that we have the following shapes:
==========================
ex:Person
  a owl:Thing ;
  a sh:NodeShape ;
  sh:property ex:Person-hasFriend  ;
.
ex:Person-hasFriend
  a sh:PropertyShape ;
  sh:path ex:hasFriend ;
  sh:class ex:Person ;
.
ex:NicePerson
  a sh:NodeShape ;
  rdfs:subClassOf ex:Person ;
.
==========================
and the following instance data:
==========================
ex:Alice a ex:NicePerson .
ex:Peter a ex:NicePerson .
ex:Peter ex:hasFriend ex:Alice .
==========================

The validation for the above instance data will fail, because ex:Alice is 
explicitly a ex:NicePerson instead of a ex:Person. However, ex:Alice is 
indeed implicitly a ex:Person (RDFS inference). Is there a solution to 
define a superclass in a property shape in order to validate the instances 
of its subclasses? The reason why I am asking is that we currently have to 
list all of the subclasses with "sh:or" in a property shape, in order to 
pass the validation, which is very tedious.

Thanks.

Best regards, Kai







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