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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) 2004-2011 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
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 *
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 *       date changes were made.
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 */

/**
 * {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Distribution} information.
 * The following is adapted from
 * {@linkplain org.opengis.annotation.Specification#ISO_19115 OpenGIS® Metadata (Topic 11)}
 * specification.
 *
 * This package contains information about the distributor of, and options for
 * obtaining, a resource. The optional {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Distribution
 * distribution} entity is an aggregate of the options for the digital distribution of a dataset
 * ({@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.DigitalTransferOptions digital transfer options}),
 * identification of the {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Distributor distributor} and
 * the {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Format format} of the distribution, which contain
 * mandatory and optional elements. {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.DigitalTransferOptions
 * Digital transfer options} contains the {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Medium medium}
 * used for the distribution of a dataset. {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Distributor}
 * is an aggregate of the process for ordering a distribution
 * ({@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.StandardOrderProcess standard order process}). The
 * {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Distribution#getDistributionFormats distribution format}
 * of {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Distribution distribution} is mandatory if the
 * {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Distributor#getDistributorFormats distribution format}
 * of {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.distribution.Distributor distributor} is not set.
 *
 * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
 * @author  Cory Horner (Refractions Research)
 * @author  Cédric Briançon (Geomatys)
 * @version 3.0
 * @since   2.0
 */
package org.opengis.metadata.distribution;