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package fedora.oai;
import java.util.Set;
/**
*
* Title: Record.java
* Description: Metadata expressed in a single format with a header
* and optional "about" data which is descriptive of the metadata (such as
* rights of provenance statements).
*
* @author [email protected]
* @version $Id: Record.java 3965 2005-04-21 12:52:40Z rlw $
* @see
* http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/openarchivesprotocol.htm#Record
*/
public interface Record {
/**
* Get the header portion of the record.
*/
public abstract Header getHeader();
/**
* Get the metadata portion of the record. This must be an xml chunk
* in which the W3C schema is identified by the root element's
* xsi:schemaLocation attribute.
*
* If getHeader().isAvailable() is false, this may be null.
*/
public abstract String getMetadata();
/**
* Get the 'about' portions of the record.
*
* There will be zero or more items in the resulting Set.
* These are descriptors of the metadata. These must be xml chunks
* in which the W3C schema is identified by the root element's
* xsi:schemaLocation attribute.
*
* If getHeader().isAvailable() is false, this may be null.
*/
public abstract Set getAbouts();
}