Library and command line tools for validating that a graph conforms to the Schema.org format, optionally including additional schemas in the same format.
To validate a graph, use the ValidateGraph tool:
java -jar validator-1.1-shaded.jar uk.gov.nca.graph.validator.cli.ValidateGraph -g graphml.properties
To validate a mapping file (see the graph-mapper project), use the ValidateMap tool,
which generates a sample graph from the mapping and then validates that:
java -jar validator-1.1-shaded.jar uk.gov.nca.graph.validator.cli.ValidateMap -g graphml.properties
The following rules are applied when validating the graph:
- Properties whose expected types are one of the defined Schema.org data types (i.e. derive from DataType) should be represented as properties on the object
- Properties whose expected types are another object (i.e. derive from Thing) should be represented as relationships
- Objects deriving from the Action type should be represented as objects, not as relationships