/*******************************************************************************
* This file is part of the Coporate Semantic Web Project.
*
* This work has been partially supported by the ``InnoProfile-Corporate Semantic Web" project funded by the German Federal
* Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the BMBF Innovation Initiative for the New German Laender - Entrepreneurial Regions.
*
* http://www.corporate-semantic-web.de/
*
*
* Freie Universitaet Berlin
* Copyright (c) 2007-2013
*
*
* Institut fuer Informatik
* Working Group Coporate Semantic Web
* Koenigin-Luise-Strasse 24-26
* 14195 Berlin
*
* http://www.mi.fu-berlin.de/en/inf/groups/ag-csw/
*
*
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
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******************************************************************************/
package de.fuberlin.agcsw.svont.validation;
import java.net.URI;
/**
* The Validator Modul Interface
*
* @author mario
*
*/
public interface Validator {
/**
* Validates a Ontology
*
* @param ontologyURI
* Physical URI of the ontology to validate
* @return ValidationReport Object containing specific Informations about
* the Ontology
* @throws Exception
* if problems occurs
*/
public ValidationReport validate(URI ontologyURI) throws Exception;
}