shacl-processor-ts

Validate RDF data streams using SHACL.

This processor validates an incoming RDF data stream against a SHACL shapes graph.
If the incoming data is valid, it is forwarded unchanged to the outgoing channel.
If invalid, the processor emits a SHACL validation report to an optional report channel.

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Usage

Installation

npm install
npm run build

Or install from NPM:

npm install @rdfc/shacl-processor-ts

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Pipeline Configuration Example

@prefix rdfc: <https://w3id.org/rdf-connect#>.
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>.

### Import the processor definitions
<> owl:imports <./node_modules/@rdfc/shacl-processor-ts/processors.ttl>.

### Define the channels your processor needs
<in> a rdfc:Reader.
<out> a rdfc:Writer.
<report> a rdfc:Writer.

### Attach the processor to the pipeline under the NodeRunner
# Add the `rdfc:processor <validator>` statement under the `rdfc:consistsOf` statement of the `rdfc:NodeRunner`

### Define and configure the processors
<validator> a rdfc:Validate;
    rdfc:shaclPath "./shapes/example-shapes.ttl";
    rdfc:incoming <in>;
    rdfc:outgoing <out>;
    rdfc:report <report>;
    rdfc:validationIsFatal false;
    rdfc:mime "text/turtle".

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Configuration

Parameters of rdfc:Validate:

• rdfc:shaclPath (string, required): Local file path to the SHACL shapes graph.
• rdfc:incoming (rdfc:Reader, required): The input channel with RDF data to validate.
• rdfc:outgoing (rdfc:Writer, required): The output channel for valid RDF data.
• rdfc:report (rdfc:Writer, optional): Output channel for SHACL validation reports. Defaults to none.
• rdfc:validationIsFatal (boolean, optional): If true, throws a fatal error when validation fails. Default: false.
• rdfc:mime (string, optional): MIME type of the incoming data (e.g., text/turtle, application/ld+json). Default: text/turtle.

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Limitations

• The file type of the incoming RDF data must be specified via the mime parameter to initialize the correct parser.
• SHACL validation reports are currently outputted in Turtle with fixed prefixes. Ideally, prefixes should reflect those used in the input data or be configurable.
• Additional output formats for validation reports may be supported in future releases.

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Example

<validator> a rdfc:Validate;
    rdfc:shaclPath "./shapes/person-shapes.ttl";
    rdfc:incoming <in>;
    rdfc:outgoing <out>;
    rdfc:report <report>;
    rdfc:mime "text/turtle".