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The development community in building GIS solutions is sustaining an enormous level of effort. The GeoAPI project aims to reduce duplication and increase interoperability by providing neutral, interface-only APIs derived from OGC/ISO Standards.

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/* * GeoAPI - Java interfaces for OGC/ISO standards * http://www.geoapi.org * * Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. * All Rights Reserved. http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/legal * * Permission to use, copy, and modify this software and its documentation, with * or without modification, for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby * granted, provided that you include the following on ALL copies of the software * and documentation or portions thereof, including modifications, that you make: * * 1. The full text of this NOTICE in a location viewable to users of the * redistributed or derivative work. * 2. Notice of any changes or modifications to the OGC files, including the * date changes were made. * * THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE * NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED * TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT * THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY * PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. * * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION. * * The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in advertising or * publicity pertaining to the software without specific, written prior permission. * Title to copyright in this software and any associated documentation will at all * times remain with copyright holders. */ package org.opengis.annotation; /** * Compliance level for elements. The international standards defines an extensive set of * metadata elements. Typically only a subset of the full number of elements is used. * However, it is essential that a basic minimum number of metadata elements be maintained * for a dataset. * * @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD) * @version 3.0 * @since 2.0 */ public enum ComplianceLevel { /** * Core metadata elements required to identify a dataset, typically for catalogue purposes. * This level specifies metadata elements answering the following questions: * * * Does a dataset on a specific topic exist (what)? * For a specific place (where)? * For a specific date or period (when)? * A point of contact to learn more about or order the dataset (who)? * *

* Using the recommended {@linkplain Obligation#OPTIONAL optional} elements in addition to the * {@linkplain Obligation#MANDATORY mandatory} elements will increase inter-operability, * allowing users to understand without ambiguity the geographic data and the related metadata * provided by either the producer or the distributor. */ CORE }