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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.
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package org.opengis.metadata.maintenance;

import java.util.Set;
import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
import org.opengis.feature.type.AttributeType;
import org.opengis.feature.type.FeatureType;

import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;


/**
 * Description of the class of information covered by the information.
 *
 * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
 * @author  Cory Horner (Refractions Research)
 * @version 3.0
 * @since   2.0
 *
 * @navassoc - - - AttributeType
 * @navassoc - - - FeatureType
 * @navassoc - - - AttributeType
 */
@UML(identifier="MD_ScopeDescription", specification=ISO_19115)
public interface ScopeDescription {
    /**
     * Attributes to which the information applies.
     *
     * @return Attributes to which the information applies.
     *
     * @condition Features, featureInstances, attributeInstances, dataset and other not
     *            documented.
     */
    @UML(identifier="attributes", obligation=CONDITIONAL, specification=ISO_19115)
    Set getAttributes();

    /**
     * Features to which the information applies.
     *
     * @return Features to which the information applies.
     *
     * @condition attributes, featureInstances, attributeInstances, dataset and other not
     *            documented.
     */
    @UML(identifier="features", obligation=CONDITIONAL, specification=ISO_19115)
    Set getFeatures();

    /**
     * Feature instances to which the information applies.
     *
     * @return Feature instances to which the information applies.
     *
     * @condition Attributes, features, attributeInstances, dataset and other not
     *            documented.
     */
    @UML(identifier="featureInstances", obligation=CONDITIONAL, specification=ISO_19115)
    Set getFeatureInstances();

    /**
     * Attribute instances to which the information applies.
     *
     * @return Attribute instances to which the information applies.
     *
     * @since 2.1
     *
     * @condition Attributes, features, featureInstances, dataset and other not
     *            documented.
     */
    @UML(identifier="attributeInstances", obligation=CONDITIONAL, specification=ISO_19115)
    Set getAttributeInstances();

    /**
     * Dataset to which the information applies.
     *
     * @return Dataset to which the information applies.
     *
     * @since 2.1
     *
     * @condition Attributes, features, featureInstances, attributeInstances and other not
     *            documented.
     */
    @UML(identifier="dataset", obligation=CONDITIONAL, specification=ISO_19115)
    String getDataset();

    /**
     * Class of information that does not fall into the other categories to
     * which the information applies.
     *
     * @return Class of information that does not fall into the other categories.
     *
     * @since 2.1
     *
     * @condition Attributes, features, featureInstances, attributeInstances and dataset not
     *            documented.
     */
    @UML(identifier="other", obligation=CONDITIONAL, specification=ISO_19115)
    String getOther();
}