Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.quality

Interface IndirectEvaluation

All Superinterfaces:

DataEvaluation, EvaluationMethod

@UML(identifier="DQ_IndirectEvaluation",
     specification=ISO_19157)
public interface IndirectEvaluation
extends DataEvaluation

Test based on external knowledge or experience of the data product. This external knowledge may include, but is not limited to, one or more non-quantitative quality information usage, lineage and purpose or other data quality reports on the data set or data used to produce the data set. Indirect evaluation can be subjective.

In some cases it might not be possible to report indirectly evaluated data quality as quantitative results. In those cases the data quality may be described in textual form using a descriptive result.

Since:

3.1

See Also:

• FullInspection
• SampleBasedInspection

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
InternationalString	getDeductiveSource()	Information on which data are used as sources in deductive evaluation method.

Methods inherited from interface EvaluationMethod

getDates, getEvaluationMethodDescription, getEvaluationMethodType, getEvaluationProcedure, getReferenceDocuments

Method Details

getDeductiveSource

@UML(identifier="deductiveSource",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19157)
InternationalString getDeductiveSource()

Information on which data are used as sources in deductive evaluation method.

Returns:

information on which data are used.