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package com.hi3project.broccoli.bsdl.api.meta;

import com.hi3project.broccoli.bsdl.api.ISemanticIdentifier;

/**
 * 
 *  Metainfo about the ontology language in which an axiom can be described.
 * It must declare:
 *
 * 

 * An identifier for the ontology language
 * Optionally, a number version of that ontology
 * Optionally, the reference of the previous version of that ontology (if any)
 * The ISemanticIdentifier of that ontology language s definition. It is asumed
 * that the ontology language will be an IOntology
 * 
 * 
 *  Aditionally, it must know the full "identifier with version number". For example:
 * if identifier is "BSDL" and version number "0.9", it could be "BSDL:0.9"
 *
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface IOntologyLanguage extends ISemanticMetaInfo {
    
    public String identifier();
    public String identifierWithVersion();
    public ISemanticIdentifier definition();
    public IVersionNumber version();
    public IOntologyLanguage previous();
    
    public boolean compatibleWith(IOntologyLanguage ontologyLanguage);
    
}