NameSpace (GeoAPI normative 3.1-SNAPSHOT)

```
@UML(identifier="NameSpace",
     specification=ISO_19103)
public interface NameSpace
```
A domain in which names given by character strings are defined. Every GenericName must be valid in a namespace. For a LocalName, this means that the name must exist in the current namespace. For a ScopedName, this means:
1. The head of a ScopedName must be a LocalName which is valid in this namespace.
2. The tail must either be:
  - a LocalName which is valid in the NameSpace associated with the head, or
  - another ScopedName with these same constraints on head and tail, applied to the NameSpace associated with the head.
Since:

2.1

See Also:

NameFactory.createNameSpace(GenericName, Map)

- Method Summary
  
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  boolean isGlobal()
  Indicates whether this namespace is a "top level" namespace.
  
  GenericName name()
  Represents the identifier of this namespace.

- Method Detail
  - isGlobal
```
@UML(identifier="isGlobal",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19103)
boolean isGlobal()
```
    Indicates whether this namespace is a "top level" namespace. Global, or top-level namespaces are not contained within another namespace. The global namespace has no parent.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this namespace is the global namespace.
  - name
```
@UML(identifier="name",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19103)
GenericName name()
```
    Represents the identifier of this namespace. Namespace identifiers shall be fully-qualified names where:
    name.scope().isGlobal() == true
    
    Returns:
    
    the identifier of this namespace.