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:

Since:
2.0