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DSpace core data model and service APIs.

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/**
 * In DSpace, "curation" refers to the application of one or more "tasks" to one
 * or more model objects.  There are two fundamental classes to consider:
 *
 * 
 *   {@link CurationTask}
 *   Code to be applied to model objects.  A task is invoked on a single
 *       object, and may analyze and/or modify it as required.
 *   {@link Curator}
 *   Applies tasks to model objects as requested.  See this class for
 *       details of the order of application of tasks to objects.
 * 
 *
 * Curation requests may be run immediately or queued for batch processing.
 *
 * 
Tasks may also be attached to a workflow step, so that a set of tasks is
 * applied to each uninstalled Item which passes through that step.  See
 * {@link org.dspace.curate.service.XmlWorkflowCuratorService}.
 *
 * A task may return to the Curator a status code, a final status message,
 * and an optional report character stream.
 */
package org.dspace.curate;