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/**
* {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.Extent} information. The following is adapted from
* <A HREF="http://www.opengis.org/docs/01-111.pdf">OpenGIS® Metadata (Topic 11)</A> specification.
*
* <P ALIGN="justify">The datatype in this package is an aggregate of the metadata
* elements that describe the spatial and temporal extent of the referring entity.
* The {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.Extent extent} entity contains information about the
* {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.GeographicExtent geographic},
* {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.TemporalExtent temporal} and the
* {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.VerticalExtent vertical} extent of the referring
* entity.
*
* The {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.GeographicExtent geographic extent} can be subclassed as
* {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.BoundingPolygon bounding polygon},
* {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.GeographicBoundingBox geographic bounding box} and
* {@linkplain org.opengis.metadata.extent.GeographicDescription geographic description}.</P>
*
* @version <A HREF="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/as#01-111">ISO 19115</A>
* @since GeoAPI 1.0
*/
package org.opengis.metadata.extent;