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Web of Things (WoT) Thing Description
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Requiring Thing or not in `@type` #1968

Open egekorkan opened 7 months ago

egekorkan commented 7 months ago

In #1345 we have noticed that without @type:Thing SHACL validation doesn't happen since it is ignored (all N3 TDs are valid). This brings the question whether we should require @type:Thing to be present in TDs. Even though it would be a small change, it is a big decision since all current TDs without Thing in @type will become invalid.

Some evaluations to do beforehand: