# SHACL support (beta) in Stardog 6.1.0

**URL:** <https://community.stardog.com/t/shacl-support-beta-in-stardog-6-1-0/1442>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 18, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/shacl-support-beta-in-stardog-6-1-0/1442 "2019-01-18T20:50:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![zachary.whitley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/zachary.whitley/32/94_2.png) [@zachary.whitley](https://community.stardog.com/u/zachary.whitley)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/shacl-support-beta-in-stardog-6-1-0/1442/1 "2019-01-18T20:50:03Z")

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Due to the great interest in this feature I thought I'd highlight that the currently Stardog release 6.1.0 has Beta support for SHACL!

(I seem to remember there were a couple of threads asking for this feature so rather than respond to each I figured I'd just post a new one)

[https://www.stardog.com/docs/release-notes/](https://www.stardog.com/docs/release-notes/)

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**Author:** ![nicholsn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/nicholsn/32/284_2.png) [@nicholsn](https://community.stardog.com/u/nicholsn)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/shacl-support-beta-in-stardog-6-1-0/1442/2 "2019-01-18T21:13:31Z")

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Nice! Does support for SHACL stick to the main spec or does it include parts of the [SHACL Advanced Features](https://www.w3.org/TR/shacl-af/) note? Namely, SHACL Rules.

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**Author:** ![evren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/evren/32/1515_2.png) [@evren](https://community.stardog.com/u/evren)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/shacl-support-beta-in-stardog-6-1-0/1442/3 "2019-01-18T21:19:56Z")

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There is no support for SHACL rules. The current limitations are documented here: [https://www.stardog.com/docs/#\_shacl\_support\_limitations](https://www.stardog.com/docs/#_shacl_support_limitations)

Best,  
Evren

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**Author:** ![nicholsn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/nicholsn/32/284_2.png) [@nicholsn](https://community.stardog.com/u/nicholsn)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/shacl-support-beta-in-stardog-6-1-0/1442/4 "2019-01-22T22:31:27Z")

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Thanks, @evren.

Is there a timeline for when SHACL rules would be supported?

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**Author:** ![evren](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/evren/32/1515_2.png) [@evren](https://community.stardog.com/u/evren)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/shacl-support-beta-in-stardog-6-1-0/1442/5 "2019-01-23T02:20:22Z")

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We don't have any plans to support SHACL rules. The semantics for SHACL rules in the working group note is rather under-specified and would not scale to very large graphs as it is currently defined.

Best,  
Evren

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**Author:** ![zachary.whitley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/zachary.whitley/32/94_2.png) [@zachary.whitley](https://community.stardog.com/u/zachary.whitley)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/shacl-support-beta-in-stardog-6-1-0/1442/6 "2019-02-06T02:20:31Z")

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