Package org.opengis.metadata.distribution

Information concerning the distributor of, and options for obtaining, a resource.

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 ├─ Distribution ├─ Distributor ├─ Medium ├─ Format ├─ StandardOrderProcess ├─ DigitalTransferOptions └─ DataFile CodeList ├─ MediumName └─ MediumFormat	Distribution ├─ Format ├─ Distributor │ └─ StandardOrderProcess └─ DigitalTransferOptions └─ Medium ├─ MediumName «code list» └─ MediumFormat «code list» DataFile

The Distribution.distributionFormat element is mandatory if the Distributor.distributorFormat is empty, and conversely.

Since:

2.0

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
DataFile	Description of a transfer data file.
DigitalTransferOptions	Technical means and media by which a resource is obtained from the distributor.
Distribution	Information about the distributor of and options for obtaining the resource.
Distributor	Information about the distributor.
Format	Description of the computer language construct that specifies the representation of data objects in a record, file, message, storage device or transmission channel.
Medium	Information about the media on which the resource can be stored or distributed.
StandardOrderProcess	Common ways in which the resource may be obtained or received, and related instructions and fee information.

Class Summary

Class	Description
MediumFormat	Method used to write to the medium.
MediumName	Deprecated. This code list is not anymore part of ISO 19115:2014, since MediumName has been replaced by Citation.