Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.lineage

Interface Lineage

@UML(identifier="LI_Lineage",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public interface Lineage

Information about the events or source data used in constructing the data specified by the scope or lack of knowledge about lineage. Only one of statement, process steps and sources shall be provided.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Collection<? extends ProcessStep>	getProcessSteps()	Information about an event in the creation process for the data specified by the scope.
Collection<? extends Source>	getSources()	Information about the source data used in creating the data specified by the scope.
InternationalString	getStatement()	General explanation of the data producer's knowledge about the lineage of a dataset.

Method Details

getStatement

@Profile(level=CORE)
@UML(identifier="statement",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
InternationalString getStatement()

General explanation of the data producer's knowledge about the lineage of a dataset.

Returns:

Explanation of the data producer's knowledge about the lineage, or null.

Condition:

Shall be provided only if scope level is ScopeCode.DATASET or ScopeCode.SERIES.

getProcessSteps

@UML(identifier="processStep",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
Collection<? extends ProcessStep> getProcessSteps()

Information about an event in the creation process for the data specified by the scope.

Returns:

Information about an event in the creation process.

Condition:

Mandatory if statement and source are not provided.

getSources

@UML(identifier="source",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
Collection<? extends Source> getSources()

Information about the source data used in creating the data specified by the scope.

Returns:

Information about the source data.

Condition:

Mandatory if statement and process step are not provided.