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032    package org.opengis.metadata.lineage;
033    
034    import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
035    import org.opengis.metadata.citation.Citation;
036    import org.opengis.util.InternationalString;
037    
038    import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
039    import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
040    
041    
042    /**
043     * Details of the methodology by which geographic information was derived from the instrument
044     * readings.
045     *
046     * @author  Cédric Briançon (Geomatys)
047     * @version 3.0
048     * @since   2.3
049     *
050     * @navassoc 1 - - Citation
051     */
052    @UML(identifier="LE_Algorithm", specification=ISO_19115_2)
053    public interface Algorithm {
054        /**
055         * Information identifying the algorithm and version or date.
056         *
057         * @return Algorithm and version or date.
058         */
059        @UML(identifier="citation", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19115_2)
060        Citation getCitation();
061    
062        /**
063         * Information describing the algorithm used to generate the data.
064         *
065         * @return Algorithm used to generate the data.
066         */
067        @UML(identifier="description", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19115_2)
068        InternationalString getDescription();
069    }