.. _SHACLValidation:

SHACL Validation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This algorithm performs constraint validation using the shapes and constraints declared in the asset collections’ ontologies.

For example, if a property is declared to have maximum count of 1 then a violation will be reported when 2 values are present, with suggestions to delete one or the other value.

**Further Reading on SHACL**

* `Form Generation using SHACL and DASH (External Link) <https://datashapes.org/forms.html>`_
* `SHACL Advanced Features Specification (External Link) <https://w3c.github.io/shacl/shacl-af/>`_
* `SHACL W3C Specification (External Link) <https://www.w3.org/TR/shacl/>`_

**Further Reading on Ontologies**

* :ref:`working_with_ontologies_target`

**Further Reading on TopBraid**

* :ref:`introduction`