Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.quality

Interface Representativity

All Superinterfaces:

Element, Metaquality

@UML(identifier="DQ_Representativity",
     specification=ISO_19157)
public interface Representativity
extends Metaquality

Degree to which the sample used has produced a result which is representation of the data. A statistical method based on sampling could be considered as reliable as a global method when all the geographic zones and concerned time periods are covered and the population is sufficiently large. It is not only the size of the sample which is crucial but also how well it represents the actual state of the data.

Since:

3.1

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface Element

getDates, getEvaluationMethod, getEvaluationMethodDescription, getEvaluationMethodType, getEvaluationProcedure, getMeasure, getMeasureDescription, getMeasureIdentification, getMeasureReference, getNamesOfMeasure, getResults, getStandaloneQualityReportDetails

Methods inherited from interface Metaquality

getDerivedElements