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 * Copyright 2016 Guy Davenport
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package uno.informatics.data;

public interface SimpleEntity {
    /**
     * Gets the unique identifier entity, which may be a LSID or other type of
     * identifier
     * 
     * @return the unique identifier of the entity being identified
     */
    public String getUniqueIdentifier();

    /**
     * Gets a human readable name of the entity being identified. This name
     * could be used in GUIs, etc.
     * 
     * @return a human readable name of the entity being identified
     */
    public String getName();
}