Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.identification

package org.opengis.metadata.identification

Information to uniquely identify the data or service. Identification information is mandatory and includes information about the citation for the resource, an abstract, the purpose, credit, the status and points of contact. Identification may be specialized as data identification when used to identify data, or as service identification when used to identify a service.

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 ├─ Identification «abstract» │ ├─ DataIdentification │ └─ ServiceIdentification ├─ Resolution ├─ BrowseGraphic ├─ Keywords ├─ Usage ├─ AggregateInformation ├─ CoupledResource ├─ OperationMetadata └─ OperationChainMetadata CodeList ├─ Progress ├─ KeywordType ├─ AssociationType ├─ InitiativeType ├─ TopicCategory ├─ CouplingType └─ DistributedComputingPlatform

Identification «abstract» ├─ Resolution ├─ TopicCategory «code list» ├─ Progress «code list» ├─ BrowseGraphic ├─ Keywords │ └─ KeywordType «code list» ├─ Usage └─ AssociatedResource ├─ AssociationType «code list» └─ InitiativeType «code list» DataIdentification ServiceIdentification ├─ CouplingType «code list» ├─ CoupledResource ├─ OperationMetadata │ ├─ DistributedComputingPlatform «code list» │ └─ ParameterDescriptor │ └─ ParameterDirection «enum» └─ OperationChainMetadata

More specifically, Identification is an aggregate of the following entities:

• Format (from the distribution package): format of the data.
• BrowseGraphic: graphic overview of the data.
• Usage: specific uses of the data.
• Constraints (from the constraint package): constraints placed on the resource.
• Keywords: keywords describing the resource.
• MaintenanceInformation (from the maintenance package): how often the data is scheduled to be updated and the scope of the update.

Since:

2.0

Related Packages

Package	Description
org.opengis.metadata	The metadata root entity.

Class	Description
AggregateInformation	Deprecated. As of ISO 19115:2014, replaced by AssociatedResource.
AssociatedResource	Associated resource information.
AssociationType	Justification for the correlation of two datasets.
BrowseGraphic	Graphic that provides an illustration of the dataset (including a legend for the graphic, if applicable).
CharacterSet	Deprecated. As of ISO 19115:2014, replaced by a reference to the IANA Character Set register.
CoupledResource	Links a given operation name (mandatory attribute of OperationMetadata) with a resource identified by an "identifier".
CouplingType	Class of information to which the referencing entity applies.
DataIdentification	Information required to identify a resource.
DistributedComputingPlatform	Distributed computing platform (DCP) on which an operation has been implemented.
Identification	Basic information required to uniquely identify a resource or resources.
InitiativeType	Type of aggregation activity in which datasets are related
KeywordClass	Specification of a class to categorize keywords in a domain-specific vocabulary that has a binding to a formal ontology.
Keywords	Keywords, their type and reference source.
KeywordType	Methods used to group similar keywords.
OperationChainMetadata	Operation chain information.
OperationMetadata	Describes the signature of one and only one method provided by the service.
Progress	Status of the dataset or progress of a review.
RepresentativeFraction	A scale defined as the inverse of a denominator.
Resolution	Level of detail expressed as a scale factor or a ground distance.
ServiceIdentification	Identification of capabilities which a service provider makes available.
TopicCategory	High-level geographic data thematic classification to assist in the grouping and search of available geographic data sets.
Usage	Brief description of ways in which the resource(s) is/are currently or has been used.