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/* * GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit * http://geotools.org * * (C) 2011, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) * (C) 2004-2005, Open Geospatial Consortium Inc. * * All Rights Reserved. http://www.opengis.org/legal/ */ /** * {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.identification.Identification} information (includes data and * service identification). The following is adapted from OpenGIS® Metadata (Topic 11) specification. * * Identification information contains information to uniquely identify the data. * Identification information includes information about the citation for the resource, an abstract, * the purpose, credit, the status and points of contact. The {@linkplain * org.opengis.metadata.identification.Identification identification} entity is mandatory. It may be * specified (subclassed) as {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.identification.DataIdentification data * identification} when used to identify data and as {@linkplain * org.opengis.metadata.identification.ServiceIdentification service identification} when used to * identify a service. * * {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.identification.Identification} is an aggregate of the * following entities: * * * {@link org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Format}, format of the data * {@link org.opengis.metadata.identification.BrowseGraphic}, graphic overview of the data * {@link org.opengis.metadata.identification.Usage}, specific uses of the data * {@link org.opengis.metadata.constraint.Constraints}, constraints placed on the resource * {@link org.opengis.metadata.identification.Keywords}, keywords describing the resource * {@link org.opengis.metadata.maintenance.MaintenanceInformation}, how often the data is * scheduled to be updated and the scope of the update * * *

The {@linkplain * org.opengis.metadata.identification.DataIdentification#getGeographicBox geographic box} and * {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.identification.DataIdentification#getGeographicDescription * geographic description} elements of {@linkplain * org.opengis.metadata.identification.DataIdentification data identification} are conditional; one * of them shall be included if the dataset is spatially referenced. If necessary both may be used. * * @version ISO 19115 * @since GeoAPI 2.0 */ package org.opengis.metadata.identification;