Hello all
Since the metadata classes to be committed to SIS implement GeoAPI
interfaces, the Javadoc of those classes reproduce the GeoAPI Javadoc.
Not necessarily identical (they are sometime extended with SIS-specific
explanations), but still close. Those Javadoc are themselves derived
from OGC/ISO specifications (again not identical since they have been
adapted to the Java world). Most of them are single sentences like "Name
and position information for an individual or organization that is
responsible for the resource."
I asked a while ago to some OGC peoples about that, and I have been told
that this was okay since the goal of the specification authors is to see
their standards widespread. Furthermore, the original texts are already
distributed in XML format at http://schemas.opengis.net (see for example
[1]). So if I'm understanding right, including those texts (in a
modified form) in the SIS Javadoc could be seen as "fair use" in the
spirit of standards. Do other peoples have similar feeling?
For the classes containing such Javadoc, I add the following paragraph
just below the Apache 2 license. Does it sound something okay?
This package contains documentation from OGC specifications.
Open Geospatial Consortium's work is fully acknowledged here.
Martin
[1] http://schemas.opengis.net/iso/19139/20070417/gmd/citation.xsd
