# Validation against different SHACL shapes

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/validation-against-different-shacl-shapes/59319>\
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform\
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**Created:** [October 25, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/validation-against-different-shacl-shapes/59319 "2022-10-25T11:56:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![argytzak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@argytzak](https://community.neo4j.com/u/argytzak)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/validation-against-different-shacl-shapes/59319/1 "2022-10-25T11:56:07Z")

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Hi all,

I am experimenting with Neo4j and SHACL for validation purposes.

I was able to load some RDF data (I used the "SHORTEN" value for handleVocabUris), load a schema (which defined the classes and shapes) and then ran the validation.

This works.

In most SHACL validators, you pass the data (as a "data graph") and the shapes (as a "shapes graph") and you get the validation report for that specific shapes graph. You can then use different shapes, depending on your "view" on the data.

My question is: is it possible to trigger a validation against a specific shape?

Thanks