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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.extent.Extent} information. The following is adapted from OpenGIS® Metadata (Topic 11) specification.
 *
 * The datatype in this package is an aggregate of the metadata elements that
 * describe the spatial and temporal extent of the referring entity. The {@linkplain
 * org.opengis.metadata.extent.Extent extent} entity contains information about the {@linkplain
 * org.opengis.metadata.extent.GeographicExtent geographic}, {@linkplain
 * org.opengis.metadata.extent.TemporalExtent temporal} and the {@linkplain
 * org.opengis.metadata.extent.VerticalExtent vertical} extent of the referring entity.
 *
 * The {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.GeographicExtent geographic extent} can be
 * subclassed as {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.BoundingPolygon bounding polygon},
 * {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.GeographicBoundingBox geographic bounding box} and
 * {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.GeographicDescription geographic description}.
 *
 * @version ISO 19115
 * @since GeoAPI 1.0
 */
package org.opengis.metadata.extent;