Shape Expressions (ShEx) is a language for formally expressing application profiles. In May 2019, Wikidata released a schema extension, which allows collaborative editing of application profiles on the underlying Mediawiki platform. Yet ShEx has a steep learning curve that can seem like a insurmountable barrier to potential profile creators. Might that barrier be lowered by a graphical interface that both renders the profiles and allows the profiles to be edited by authors?

Pitch: Let’s explore ways to build such tools, starting with existing tools such as Jupyter Notebooks, Cytoscape, and yEd Graphical Editor.