Package org.opengis.metadata

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The metadata root entity.

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Description

Interface Summary

ApplicationSchemaInformation	Information about the application schema used to build the dataset.
ExtendedElementInformation	New metadata element, not found in ISO 19115, which is required to describe geographic data.
FeatureTypeList	List of names of feature types with the same spatial representation (same as spatial attributes).
Identifier	Value uniquely identifying an object within a namespace.
Metadata	Root entity which defines metadata about a resource or resources.
MetadataExtensionInformation	Information describing metadata extensions.
PortrayalCatalogueReference	Information identifying the portrayal catalogue used.

Class Summary

Datatype	Datatype of element or entity.
Obligation	Obligation of the element or entity.

Package org.opengis.metadata Description

The metadata root entity.

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:

Class hierarchy	Aggregation hierarchy
ISO-19115 object ├─ Metadata ├─ PortrayalCatalogueReference ├─ ApplicationSchemaInformation ├─ MetadataExtensionInformation ├─ ExtendedElementInformation ├─ FeatureTypeList └─ Identifier CodeList ├─ Datatype └─ Obligation	Metadata ├─ PortrayalCatalogueReference ├─ ApplicationSchemaInformation ├─ MetadataExtensionInformation │ └─ ExtendedElementInformation │ ├─ Datatype «code list» │ └─ Obligation «code list» ├─ FeatureTypeList └─ Identifier

Since:

2.0

Departure from OGC/ISO specification:
Omitted the reference system package, since it duplicates ISO 19111 / OGC Topic 2. This follows the lead of ISO 19111, which states:

"Normative reference to ISO 19115 is restricted as follows: in this international standard, normative reference to ISO 19115 excludes the MD_CRS class and its components classes." (ISO 19111:2007, section 3 "Normative References")