Interface HasCoverage<Out extends org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.entities.Resource,In extends CoverageFacet>

All Superinterfaces:
org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.relations.ConsistsOf<Out,In>, org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.Element, org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ERElement, org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.IdentifiableElement, org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ModelElement, org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.relations.Relation<Out,In>, org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.relations.RelationElement<Out,In>, org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.SchemaMixedElement, Serializable
All Known Subinterfaces:
HasSpatialCoverage<Out,In>, HasTemporalCoverage<Out,In>
All Known Implementing Classes:
HasCoverageImpl, HasSpatialCoverageImpl, HasTemporalCoverageImpl

@TypeMetadata(name="HasCoverage", description="HasCoverage represents the type of coverage that is provided by the CoverageFacet. Let us consider a dataset containing information regarding the salinity of a specific ocean area in a certain amount of time. What is essential in the Information System is not representing the data of the salinity. Instead, what matters is specifying the temporal period and the ocean area for which the dataset is valid. This information is captured using the same schema i.e., the [CoverageFacet](type:CoverageFacet) but using different relations to distinguish between them with no need to understand the value or the schema of the coverage. For such a reason the abstract HasCoverage relation has been defined and the specialisations [HasTemporalCoverage](type:HasTemporalCoverage) and [HasSpatialCoverage](type:HasSpatialCoverage) have been defined to refine the reason of using the [CoverageFacet](type:CoverageFacet).", version="1.0.0") @Change(version="1.0.0", description="First Version") public interface HasCoverage<Out extends org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.entities.Resource,In extends CoverageFacet> extends org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.relations.ConsistsOf<Out,In>
HasCoverage represents the type of coverage that is provided by the CoverageFacet. Let us consider a dataset containing information regarding the salinity of a specific ocean area in a certain amount of time. What is essential in the Information System is not representing the data of the salinity. Instead, what matters is specifying the temporal period and the ocean area for which the dataset is valid. This information is captured using the same schema i.e., the CoverageFacet but using different relations to distinguish between them with no need to understand the value or the schema of the coverage. For such a reason the abstract HasCoverage relation has been defined and the specialisations HasTemporalCoverage and HasSpatialCoverage have been defined to refine the reason of using the CoverageFacet.
Author:
Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
  • Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type
    Field
    Description
    static final String
    The name associated with this relation

    Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.Element

    DATETIME_PATTERN, REDACTED, TYPE_PROPERTY, UNKNOWN_USER

    Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ERElement

    CONTEXTS_PROPERTY

    Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.IdentifiableElement

    ID_PROPERTY, METADATA_PROPERTY

    Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ModelElement

    EXPECTED_TYPE_PROPERTY, SUPERTYPES_PROPERTY

    Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.relations.Relation

    PROPAGATION_CONSTRAINT_PROPERTY

    Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.relations.RelationElement

    SOURCE_PROPERTY, TARGET_PROPERTY
  • Method Summary

    Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.Element

    getTypeName

    Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ERElement

    getContexts

    Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ModelElement

    getExpectedtype, getSupertypes

    Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.relations.Relation

    getAdditionalProperties, getAdditionalProperty, getPropagationConstraint, getSource, getTarget, setAdditionalProperties, setAdditionalProperty, setPropagationConstraint, setSource, setTarget

    Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.relations.RelationElement

    getID, getMetadata, setID, setMetadata