The Shape Expressions (ShEx) language describes RDF nodes and graph structures. A node constraint describes an RDF node (IRI, blank node or literal) and a shape describes the triples involving nodes in an RDF graph. These descriptions identify predicates and their associated cardinalities and datatypes. ShEx shapes can be used to communicate data structures associated with some process or interface, generate or validate data, or drive user interfaces.

Prefix
shex
Preferred Prefix
shex
Keywords
metadata rdf semantic web
Links
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Contact
Gregg Kellogg   gkellogg
Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Shape Expression Vocabulary should match this regular expression:
^\w+$

Example Local Unique Identifier
TripleExpression   Resolve
Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Shape Expression Vocabulary should match this regular expression:
^shex:\w+$

Example CURIE
shex:TripleExpression
Contributors
Ontology

A summary of the relations in the Bioregistry schema can be found here.

In Collection
Semantic Web Context
Metaregistry Shape Expression Vocabulary

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 1 mappings to external registries for this resource with 1 unique external prefixes.

Registry Name Registry Metaprefix External Prefix Curate
Zazuko Zazuko Prefix Server logo zazuko shex
Providers

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier TripleExpression is used to demonstrate the providers available for Shape Expression Vocabulary. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Name Metaprefix URI
Shape Expression Vocabulary shex http://www.w3.org/ns/shex#TripleExpression
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/shex:TripleExpression