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/*
* Geotoolkit.org - An Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://www.geotoolkit.org
*
* (C) 2008-2011, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
* (C) 2009-2011, Geomatys
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*/
/**
* Root package for various metadata implementations. For a global overview of metadata in Geotk,
* see the Metadata page on the project web site.
*
* This root package can work with different {@linkplain org.geotoolkit.metadata.MetadataStandard
* metadata standards}, not just ISO 19115. In this package, a metadata standard is defined by a
* collection of Java interfaces defined in a specific package and its sub-packages. For example
* the {@linkplain org.geotoolkit.metadata.MetadataStandard#ISO_19115 ISO 19115} standard is
* defined by the interfaces in the {@link org.opengis.metadata} package and sub-packages.
* This {@code org.geotoolkit.metadata} package uses Java reflection for performing basic
* operations like comparisons and copies.
*
* The available metadata implementations are:
*
*
* • {@link org.geotoolkit.metadata.iso}:
* concrete implementation of ISO interfaces, including ISO 19115 and ISO 19115-2. • {@link org.geotoolkit.metadata.sql}:
* implementation of metadata interfaces backed by a SQL database. The metadata interfaces
* doesn't need to be ISO ones, which is why this package is not a sub-package of the ISO's
* one. • {@link org.geotoolkit.image.io.metadata}:
* Metadata managed by this package (it doesn't need to be a Geotk implementation) viewed
* as a XML tree of {@link javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadataNode}s. This is used for
* Image I/O operations.
*
* All metadata can be view {@linkplain org.geotoolkit.metadata.AbstractMetadata#asMap() as a map}
* for use with Java collections, or {@linkplain org.geotoolkit.metadata.AbstractMetadata#asTree()
* as a tree} for use in Swing or other GUI applications.
*
* ISO 19115 metadata can be marshalled and unmarshalled in XML using the
* {@link org.geotoolkit.xml.XML} convenience methods.
*
* @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD, Geomatys)
* @version 3.19
*
* @since 2.0
* @module
*/
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
package org.geotoolkit.metadata;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;