MetadataFormat.java

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package org.opencastproject.oaipmh.server;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Describes the repository metadata format as defined in
 * <a href="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html#ListMetadataFormats">ListMetadataFormats</a>.
 */
public interface MetadataFormat {
  /**
   * The metadata prefix.
   */
  String getPrefix();

  /**
   * The location of the associated XML schema.
   */
  URL getSchema();

  /**
   * The XML namespace URI of this metadata format.
   */
  URI getNamespace();
}