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018package org.opengis.metadata.quality;
019
020import org.opengis.util.InternationalString;
021import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
022
023import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
024import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
025
026
027/**
028 * Test based on external knowledge or experience of the data product.
029 * This external knowledge may include, but is not limited to, one or more non-quantitative quality information usage,
030 * lineage and purpose or other data quality reports on the data set or data used to produce the data set.
031 * Indirect evaluation can be subjective.
032 *
033 * <p>In some cases it might not be possible to report indirectly evaluated data quality as quantitative results.
034 * In those cases the data quality may be described in textual form using a descriptive result.</p>
035 *
036 * @author  Alexis Gaillard (Geomatys)
037 * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (Geomatys)
038 * @version 3.1
039 *
040 * @see FullInspection
041 * @see SampleBasedInspection
042 *
043 * @since 3.1
044 */
045@UML(identifier="DQ_IndirectEvaluation", specification=ISO_19157)
046public interface IndirectEvaluation extends DataEvaluation {
047    /**
048     * Information on which data are used as sources in deductive evaluation method.
049     *
050     * @return information on which data are used.
051     */
052    @UML(identifier="deductiveSource", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19157)
053    InternationalString getDeductiveSource();
054}