Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.identification

Interface KeywordClass

@UML(identifier="MD_KeywordClass",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public interface KeywordClass

Specification of a class to categorize keywords in a domain-specific vocabulary that has a binding to a formal ontology.

Since:

3.1

See Also:

• Keywords.getKeywordClass()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
InternationalString	getClassName()	A character string to label the keyword category in natural language.
default URI	getConceptIdentifier()	URI of concept in the ontology specified by the ontology citation and labeled by the class name.
Citation	getOntology()	A reference that binds the keyword class to a formal conceptualization of a knowledge domain for use in semantic processing.

Method Details

getClassName

@UML(identifier="className",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
InternationalString getClassName()

A character string to label the keyword category in natural language.

Returns:

the keyword category in natural language.

getConceptIdentifier

@UML(identifier="conceptIdentifier",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default URI getConceptIdentifier()

URI of concept in the ontology specified by the ontology citation and labeled by the class name.

Returns:

URI of concept in the ontology, or null if none.

getOntology

@UML(identifier="ontology",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
Citation getOntology()

A reference that binds the keyword class to a formal conceptualization of a knowledge domain for use in semantic processing.

Note: keywords in the associated Keywords list must be within the scope of this ontology.

Returns:

a reference that binds the keyword class to a formal conceptualization.