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032    package org.opengis.observation;
033    
034    import org.opengis.coverage.DiscreteCoverage;
035    import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
036    
037    import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
038    import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
039    
040    /**
041     * A DiscreteCoverageObservation is an observation whose feature of interest
042     * is the larger feature, and within which the result elements geometry
043     * describe its spatio-temporal decomposition.
044     *
045     * @version <A HREF="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/om">Implementation specification 1.0</A>
046     * @author Open Geospatial Consortium
047     * @author Guilhem Legal (Geomatys)
048     * @since GeoAPI 2.3
049     */
050    @UML(identifier="DiscreteCoverageObservation", specification=OGC_07022)
051    public interface DiscreteCoverageObservation extends Observation {
052    
053        /**
054         * generalized discrete coverage which describes the distribution of a property on the feature of interest.
055         */
056        @UML(identifier="result", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=OGC_07022)
057        DiscreteCoverage getResult();
058    
059    }