Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.distribution

package org.opengis.metadata.distribution
Information concerning the distributor of, and options for obtaining, a resource.

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
  ├─ Distribution
  ├─ Distributor
  ├─ Medium
  ├─ Format
  ├─ StandardOrderProcess
  ├─ DigitalTransferOptions
  └─ DataFile
 CodeList
  ├─ MediumName
  └─ MediumFormat
 
 Distribution
  ├─ Format
  ├─ Distributor
  │   └─ StandardOrderProcess
  └─ DigitalTransferOptions
      └─ Medium
          ├─ MediumName «code list»
          └─ MediumFormat «code list»
 DataFile

The Distribution.distributionFormat element is mandatory if the Distributor.distributorFormat is empty, and conversely.

Since:
2.0
  • Class
    Description
    DataFile
    Description of a transfer data file.
    DigitalTransferOptions
    Technical means and media by which a resource is obtained from the distributor.
    Distribution
    Information about the distributor of and options for obtaining the resource.
    Distributor
    Information about the distributor.
    Format
    Description of the computer language construct that specifies the representation of data objects in a record, file, message, storage device or transmission channel.
    Medium
    Information about the media on which the resource can be stored or distributed.
    MediumFormat
    Method used to write to the medium.
    MediumName
    Deprecated.
    This code list is not anymore part of ISO 19115:2014, since MediumName has been replaced by Citation.
    StandardOrderProcess
    Common ways in which the resource may be obtained or received, and related instructions and fee information.