diff --git a/.changeset/lucky-doors-brush.md b/.changeset/lucky-doors-brush.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65b6db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lucky-doors-brush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"cube-link": patch
+---
+
+Improve validation of `meta:dimensionRelation`:
+
+1. Check that upper/lower bound has at most one `dcterms:type`
+2. Check that `meta:relatesTo` is actually a dimension
diff --git a/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-multipleDcType.ttl b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-multipleDcType.ttl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6ea241
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+++ b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-multipleDcType.ttl
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+PREFIX dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
+@prefix relation: <https://cube.link/relation/> .
+@prefix meta: <https://cube.link/meta/> .
+@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
+@prefix cube: <https://cube.link/> .
+@prefix observation: <https://environment.ld.admin.ch/foen/nfi/observation/max_min_undefined> .
+@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
+@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
+@prefix schema: <http://schema.org/> .
+@base <https://example.org/> .
+
+<cube> a cube:Cube ;
+    cube:observationConstraint <shape> ;
+    cube:observationSet <observationSet> .
+
+<observationSet> cube:observation <observationA>, <observationB>, <observationC> .
+
+<observationA> a cube:Observation ;
+    cube:observedBy <observer> ;
+    <dimension> 4.9 ;
+    <upperConfidence> 0.1 ;
+.
+
+<shape> a cube:Constraint ;
+    sh:targetClass cube:Observation ;
+    sh:closed true ;
+    sh:property
+        [
+            sh:path rdf:type ;
+            sh:nodeKind sh:IRI ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1
+        ] ;
+    sh:property
+        [
+            sh:path cube:observedBy ; ;
+            sh:nodeKind sh:IRI ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1
+        ] ;
+    sh:property
+        [
+            a cube:MeasureDimension ;
+            sh:datatype xsd:decimal ;
+            sh:path <dimension> ;
+            schema:name "dimension" ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1 ;
+        ],
+        [
+            sh:datatype xsd:decimal ;
+            sh:path <upperConfidence> ;
+            schema:name "upper confidence" ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1 ;
+            meta:dimensionRelation
+                [
+                    a relation:ConfidenceUpperBound ;
+                    dcterms:type "Confidence interval", "bogus" ;
+                    meta:relatesTo <dimension> ;
+                ] ;
+        ];
+.
diff --git a/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-multipleDcType.ttl.approved.txt b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-multipleDcType.ttl.approved.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ce2feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-multipleDcType.ttl.approved.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
+@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
+@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
+@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
+@prefix schema: <http://schema.org/> .
+@prefix cube: <https://cube.link/> .
+
+_:report a sh:ValidationReport ;
+	sh:result [
+		rdf:type sh:ValidationResult ;
+		sh:resultSeverity sh:Violation ;
+		sh:sourceConstraintComponent sh:MaxCountConstraintComponent ;
+		sh:sourceShape [
+			sh:path <http://purl.org/dc/terms/type> ;
+			sh:maxCount 1 ;
+		] ;
+		sh:focusNode _:b5 ;
+		sh:resultPath <http://purl.org/dc/terms/type> ;
+		sh:resultMessage "More than 1 values" ;
+	] ;
+	sh:conforms false .
diff --git a/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-relatesToNotMatching.ttl b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-relatesToNotMatching.ttl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c27982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-relatesToNotMatching.ttl
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
+@prefix relation: <https://cube.link/relation/> .
+@prefix meta: <https://cube.link/meta/> .
+@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
+@prefix cube: <https://cube.link/> .
+@prefix observation: <https://environment.ld.admin.ch/foen/nfi/observation/max_min_undefined> .
+@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
+@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
+@prefix schema: <http://schema.org/> .
+@base <https://example.org/> .
+
+<cube> a cube:Cube ;
+    cube:observationConstraint <shape> ;
+    cube:observationSet <observationSet> .
+
+<observationSet> cube:observation <observationA>, <observationB>, <observationC> .
+
+<observationA> a cube:Observation ;
+    cube:observedBy <observer> ;
+    <dimension> 4.9 ;
+    <upperConfidence> 0.1 ;
+.
+
+<shape> a cube:Constraint ;
+    sh:targetClass cube:Observation ;
+    sh:closed true ;
+    sh:property
+        [
+            sh:path rdf:type ;
+            sh:nodeKind sh:IRI ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1
+        ] ;
+    sh:property
+        [
+            sh:path cube:observedBy ; ;
+            sh:nodeKind sh:IRI ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1
+        ] ;
+    sh:property
+        [
+            sh:datatype xsd:decimal ;
+            sh:path <dimension> ;
+            schema:name "dimension" ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1 ;
+        ],
+        [
+            sh:datatype xsd:decimal ;
+            sh:path <upperConfidence> ;
+            schema:name "upper confidence" ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1 ;
+            meta:dimensionRelation
+                [
+                    a relation:ConfidenceUpperBound ;
+                    dcterms:type "Confidence interval" ;
+                    meta:relatesTo <non-dimension> ;
+                ] ;
+        ];
+.
diff --git a/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-relatesToNotMatching.ttl.approved.txt b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-relatesToNotMatching.ttl.approved.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bac4dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.dimensionRelation-relatesToNotMatching.ttl.approved.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
+@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
+@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
+@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
+@prefix schema: <http://schema.org/> .
+@prefix cube: <https://cube.link/> .
+
+_:report a sh:ValidationReport ;
+	sh:result [
+		rdf:type sh:ValidationResult ;
+		sh:resultSeverity sh:Violation ;
+		sh:sourceConstraintComponent sh:NodeConstraintComponent ;
+		sh:sourceShape [
+			sh:path sh:property ;
+			sh:node <https://cube.link/shape/standalone-constraint-constraint#DimensionRelation> ;
+		] ;
+		sh:focusNode <https://example.org/shape> ;
+		sh:resultPath sh:property ;
+		sh:resultMessage "Value does not have shape <https://cube.link/shape/standalone-constraint-constraint#DimensionRelation>" ;
+		sh:detail [
+			rdf:type sh:ValidationResult ;
+			sh:resultSeverity sh:Violation ;
+			sh:sourceConstraintComponent sh:MinCountConstraintComponent ;
+			sh:sourceShape [
+				sh:path _:b675 ;
+				sh:class cube:Constraint ;
+				sh:minCount 1 ;
+				sh:message "value of meta:relatesTo must be a cube dimension" ;
+			] ;
+			sh:focusNode _:b5 ;
+			sh:resultPath _:b675 ;
+			sh:resultMessage "value of meta:relatesTo must be a cube dimension" ;
+		] ;
+		sh:value _:b4 ;
+	] ;
+	sh:conforms false .
+
+_:b675 rdf:first <https://cube.link/meta/relatesTo> ;
+	rdf:rest (
+		[
+			sh:inversePath sh:path ;
+		]
+		[
+			sh:inversePath sh:property ;
+		]
+	) .
diff --git a/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.malformedList.ttl.approved.txt b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.malformedList.ttl.approved.txt
index 97be214..e9aa921 100644
--- a/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.malformedList.ttl.approved.txt
+++ b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/invalid.malformedList.ttl.approved.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ _:report a sh:ValidationReport ;
 		rdf:type sh:ValidationResult ;
 		sh:resultSeverity sh:Violation ;
 		sh:sourceConstraintComponent sh:MinCountConstraintComponent ;
-		sh:sourceShape _:b679 ;
+		sh:sourceShape _:b690 ;
 		sh:focusNode _:b6 ;
 		sh:resultPath rdf:rest ;
 		sh:resultMessage "list node needs exactly one rdf:rest" ;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ _:report a sh:ValidationReport ;
 				rdf:type sh:ValidationResult ;
 				sh:resultSeverity sh:Violation ;
 				sh:sourceConstraintComponent sh:MinCountConstraintComponent ;
-				sh:sourceShape _:b679 ;
+				sh:sourceShape _:b690 ;
 				sh:focusNode _:b6 ;
 				sh:resultPath rdf:rest ;
 				sh:resultMessage "list node needs exactly one rdf:rest" ;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ _:report a sh:ValidationReport ;
 	] ;
 	sh:conforms false .
 
-_:b679 sh:path rdf:rest ;
+_:b690 sh:path rdf:rest ;
 	sh:maxCount 1 ;
 	sh:minCount 1 ;
 	sh:message "list node needs exactly one rdf:rest" .
diff --git a/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/valid.dimensionRelation.ttl b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/valid.dimensionRelation.ttl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef32bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone-constraint-constraint/valid.dimensionRelation.ttl
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+PREFIX dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
+@prefix relation: <https://cube.link/relation/> .
+@prefix meta: <https://cube.link/meta/> .
+@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
+@prefix cube: <https://cube.link/> .
+@prefix observation: <https://environment.ld.admin.ch/foen/nfi/observation/max_min_undefined> .
+@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
+@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
+@prefix schema: <http://schema.org/> .
+@base <https://example.org/> .
+
+<cube> a cube:Cube ;
+    cube:observationConstraint <shape> ;
+    cube:observationSet <observationSet> .
+
+<observationSet> cube:observation <observationA>, <observationB>, <observationC> .
+
+<observationA> a cube:Observation ;
+    cube:observedBy <observer> ;
+    <dimension> 4.9 ;
+    <upperConfidence> 0.1 ;
+    <lowerConfidence> 0.15 ;
+.
+
+<shape> a cube:Constraint ;
+    sh:targetClass cube:Observation ;
+    sh:closed true ;
+    sh:property
+        [
+            sh:path rdf:type ;
+            sh:nodeKind sh:IRI ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1
+        ] ;
+    sh:property
+        [
+            sh:path cube:observedBy ; ;
+            sh:nodeKind sh:IRI ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1
+        ] ;
+    sh:property
+        [
+            a cube:MeasureDimension ;
+            sh:datatype xsd:decimal ;
+            sh:path <dimension> ;
+            schema:name "dimension" ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1 ;
+        ],
+        [
+            sh:datatype xsd:decimal ;
+            sh:path <upperConfidence> ;
+            schema:name "upper confidence" ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1 ;
+            meta:dimensionRelation
+                [
+                    a relation:ConfidenceUpperBound ;
+                    dcterms:type "Confidence interval" ;
+                    meta:relatesTo <dimension> ;
+                ] ;
+        ],
+        [
+            sh:datatype xsd:decimal ;
+            sh:path <lowerConfidence> ;
+            schema:name "lower confidence" ;
+            sh:minCount 1 ;
+            sh:maxCount 1 ;
+            meta:dimensionRelation
+                [
+                    a relation:ConfidenceLowerBound ;
+                    dcterms:type "Confidence interval" ;
+                    meta:relatesTo <dimension> ;
+                ] ;
+        ] ;
+.
diff --git a/validation/standalone-constraint-constraint.ttl b/validation/standalone-constraint-constraint.ttl
index bc3c56b..ebd84ae 100644
--- a/validation/standalone-constraint-constraint.ttl
+++ b/validation/standalone-constraint-constraint.ttl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
 @prefix : <https://cube.link/shape/standalone-constraint-constraint#> .
 @prefix dash: <http://datashapes.org/dash#> .
 @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 @prefix cube: <https://cube.link/> .
 @prefix meta: <https://cube.link/meta/> .
 @prefix qudt: <http://qudt.org/schema/qudt/> .
+@prefix relation: <https://cube.link/relation/> .
 
 #
 # This is the bare minimal SHACL shape for validating a Cube Constraint.
@@ -179,17 +181,47 @@
 .
 
 :DimensionRelation a sh:NodeShape ;
-    sh:property [
+    sh:property
+        [
         sh:path meta:dimensionRelation;
-        sh:property [
-            sh:path meta:relatesTo;
-            sh:nodeKind sh:IRI ;
-            sh:minCount 1;
-            sh:message "meta:dimensionRelation requires at least one meta:relatesTo";
-        ] ;
+            sh:property
+                [
+                    sh:path meta:relatesTo ;
+                    sh:nodeKind sh:IRI ;
+                    sh:minCount 1 ;
+                    sh:message "meta:dimensionRelation requires at least one meta:relatesTo" ;
+                ],
+                [
+                    sh:path
+                        (
+                            meta:relatesTo
+                            [ sh:inversePath sh:path ]
+                            [ sh:inversePath sh:property ]
+                        ) ;
+                    sh:minCount 1 ;
+                    sh:class cube:Constraint ;
+                    sh:message "value of meta:relatesTo must be a cube dimension" ;
+                ],
+                [
+                    sh:path
+                        (
+                            meta:relatesTo
+                            [ sh:inversePath sh:path ]
+                        ) ;
+                    sh:class cube:MeasureDimension ;
+                    sh:message "value of meta:relatesTo must point to measure dimension " ;
+                ] ;
     ] ;
 .
 
+:Confidence a sh:NodeShape ;
+    sh:targetClass relation:ConfidenceLowerBound, relation:ConfidenceUpperBound ;
+    sh:property
+        [
+            sh:path dcterms:type ;
+            sh:maxCount 1 ;
+        ] ;
+.
 
 # Testing proper rdf:list construction