XSD2SHACL

A tool to generate SHACL shapes from XSD for RDF graphs validation.

• The results of comparison and evaluation of supported XSD components are under comparison folder.

• The results of validation on two usecases are under usecases folder.

Installation

• From PyPi package

pip install xsd2shacl

• From source code:

python -m pip install poetry
poetry update
poetry build

Usage

To translate XSD to SHACL shapes:

python -m xsd2shacl -x XSD_PATH [-s SHACL_PATH]

For example, if you execute the following:

python -m xsd2shacl -x comparison/pos.xsd

The generated shape file will then be located here: comparison/pos.xsd.shape.ttl.

Post-adjustment

To adjust the generated SHACL shapes with corresponding RML mapping files to the post-adjusted shapes on two use cases:

• RINF:

python -m xsd2shacl -i usecases/RINF/RINF-metadata.xsd.shape.ttl -r usecases/RINF/mappings/RINF-contact-line-systems.yml.ttl -a usecases/RINF/RINF-metadata.xsd.shape.RINF-contact-line-systems.adjustment.ttl

• TED:

python -m xsd2shacl -i usecases/TED/TED_EXPORT_merge.xsd.shape.ttl -r usecases/TED/mappings/F03 -a usecases/TED/TED_EXPORT_merge_F03.shape.adjustment.ttl

Run following get the validation results (C_T, R/T, R/T', C_P, R/P, R/P'):

python usecases/RINF/metrics.py
python usecases/TED/metrics.py

Cite

To cite our work:

@inproceedings{duan2023xsd,
    author = {Duan, Xuemin and Chaves-Fraga, David and Dimou, Anastasia},
    title = {{XSD2SHACL: Capturing RDF Constraints from XML Schema}},
    year = {2023},
    isbn = {9798400701412},
    publisher = {ACM},
    doi = {10.1145/3587259.3627565},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th Knowledge Capture Conference 2023},
    keywords = {Validation, XSD, SHACL, RDF shapes, XML Schema},
    series = {K-CAP '23}
}