Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.citation

package org.opengis.metadata.citation
Type for citing a resource and information about the responsible party. The resource can be a dataset, feature, source, publication, etc. The responsible party contains the identity of person(s), and/or position, and/or organization(s) associated with the resource. The address contains the location of the responsible person or organization.

Metadata object are described in the OpenGIS® Metadata (Topic 11) specification. The following table shows the class hierarchy, together with a partial view of aggregation hierarchy:

Package overview
Class hierarchy Aggregation hierarchy 
 ISO 19115 object
  ├─ Citation
  ├─ CitationDate
  ├─ Responsibility
  ├─ Party «abstract»
  │   ├─ Individual
  │   └─ Organisation
  ├─ Contact
  ├─ Telephone
  ├─ Address
  ├─ OnlineResource
  └─ Series
 CodeList
  ├─ DateType
  ├─ OnLineFunction
  ├─ PresentationForm
  └─ Role
 
 Citation
  ├─ CitationDate
  │   └─ DateType «code list»
  ├─ Responsibility
  │   ├─ Party «abstract»
  │   │   └─ Contact
  │   │       ├─ Telephone
  │   │       ├─ Address
  │   │       └─ OnlineResource
  │   │           └─ OnLineFunction «code list»
  │   └─ Role «code list»
  ├─ PresentationForm «code list»
  └─ Series
Since:
1.0
  • Class
    Description
    Address
    Location of the responsible individual or organization.
    Citation
    Standardized resource reference.
    CitationDate
    Reference date and event used to describe it.
    Contact
    Information required to enable contact with the responsible person and/or organization.
    DateType
    Identification of when a given event occurred
    Individual
    Information about the party if the party is an individual.
    OnLineFunction
    Class of information to which the referencing entity applies.
    OnlineResource
    Information about on-line sources from which the dataset, specification, or community profile name and extended metadata elements can be obtained.
    Organisation
    Information about the party if the party is an organisation.
    Party
    Information about the individual and / or organisation of the party.
    PresentationForm
    Mode in which the data is represented.
    Responsibility
    Information about the party and their role.
    ResponsibleParty
    Deprecated.
    Role
    Function performed by the responsible party.
    Series
    Information about the series, or aggregate dataset, to which a dataset belongs.
    Telephone
    Telephone numbers for contacting the responsible individual or organization.
    TelephoneType
    Type of telephone.