Tim, Having thought some more about how property shapes are inherited by subclass a mapping would only resolve to the right class if it were a leaf class.
I prefer what Irene is proposing, the combination of the class and property will ensure that a mapping is properly resolved. Ralph > On Apr 16, 2020, at 5:23 PM, Irene Polikoff <ir...@topquadrant.com> wrote: > > There are two properties edg:mapsToProperty and edg:mapsToClass that could be > used. mapsToClass can be used to point from a table or a dataset to a class. > So, between these two properties you would have the contextual information > that is specific to a class. Thus, I do not see a need to map to the property > shape. Further, the property shape for a property that is broadly used would > most likely be declared for some common parent class and inherited down. It > would typically not be advisable, for example, to repeat a shape for > description for every class that may have a description. > > Also note that unlike edg:mapsToTerm, there isn’t any special logic in EDG > for automatically suggesting connections to classes or properties based on > the data profiling and sampling. The suggestions currently work only for > linking data assets to glossary terms. Primarily because most people have > glossaries for business definitions, not formal ontologies. But the algorithm > does use shape definitions. > > For example: > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TopBraid Suite Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/6C38CAF1-B7FD-4578-83E5-725C49E48EA5%40topquadrant.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/6C38CAF1-B7FD-4578-83E5-725C49E48EA5%40topquadrant.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > <PastedGraphic-1.pdf> > > Employee ID rule is a shape. It is an instance of edg:edg:DataValueRule which > is a subclass of sh:NodeShape. > > Then you can get a recommendation > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TopBraid Suite Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/6C38CAF1-B7FD-4578-83E5-725C49E48EA5%40topquadrant.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/6C38CAF1-B7FD-4578-83E5-725C49E48EA5%40topquadrant.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > <PastedGraphic-2.png> > > Also, in your diagram you used a column as a value of edg:foregnKey property. > Values of this property are instances of edg:ForeignKey class which is not a > column. Foreign keys can be combinations of columns. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TopBraid Suite Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/6C38CAF1-B7FD-4578-83E5-725C49E48EA5%40topquadrant.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/6C38CAF1-B7FD-4578-83E5-725C49E48EA5%40topquadrant.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > <PastedGraphic-3.png> > > > >> On Apr 16, 2020, at 4:11 PM, Tim Smith <smith.ts...@gmail.com >> <mailto:smith.ts...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Ralph, >> >> Should edg:mapsToProperty point to the property or the property shape? For >> example, in the case of a "generic" property like description that will be >> used across many class definitions, such that: >> >> :Product :description "product description" mapsTo Product Table ---> >> Description Column for Product (ProdDesc) >> >> :Material :description "material description" mapsTo Material Table ---> >> Description Column for Material (MatDesc) >> >> In this case, I can point both ProdDesc and MatDesc to :description using >> edg:mapsToProperty but if I walk from Product to the Product-Description >> property shape to the :description property, I won't know which column I >> actually need for Product vs Material. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tim >> >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 1:48 PM Ralph TQ [Gmail] <rhodg...@topquadrant.com >> <mailto:rhodg...@topquadrant.com>> wrote: >> There is a property “mapsToProperty” defined in the SCHEMA EDG Data Assets >> that allows you to make the mappings. >> >> Here is how it is defined: >> >> <Screen Shot 2020-04-16 at 1.45.25 PM.png> >> >> And here is the SHACL property constraint that makes use of it, placing the >> values in a property group for "Traceability": >> >> edg:DataElement-mapsToProperty >> rdf:type sh:PropertyShape ; >> sh:path edg:mapsToProperty ; >> rdfs:isDefinedBy <http://edg.topbraid.solutions/1.0/schema/datamodels >> <http://edg.topbraid.solutions/1.0/schema/datamodels>> ; >> sh:class rdf:Property ; >> sh:group edg:TraceableGroup ; >> sh:not tosh:SystemNamespaceShape ; >> sh:order 90 ; >> . >> >> >> >>> On Apr 16, 2020, at 1:39 PM, Tim Smith <smith.ts...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:smith.ts...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> <image.png> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TopBraid Suite Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/9C3DCD70-169F-40A3-A452-653506F7CA3C%40topquadrant.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/9C3DCD70-169F-40A3-A452-653506F7CA3C%40topquadrant.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TopBraid Suite Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/CAF0WbnLAxHcigaHpTtk6h-Jn2k1E%2BHYR0NzgJyBJr_Gficqj_A%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/CAF0WbnLAxHcigaHpTtk6h-Jn2k1E%2BHYR0NzgJyBJr_Gficqj_A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TopBraid Suite Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:topbraid-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/6C38CAF1-B7FD-4578-83E5-725C49E48EA5%40topquadrant.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/topbraid-users/6C38CAF1-B7FD-4578-83E5-725C49E48EA5%40topquadrant.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TopBraid Suite Users" group. 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