An abstract base class for metadata stores. More...

#include <qgsabstractmetadatabase.h>

Inheritance diagram for QgsAbstractMetadataBase:

Classes
struct	Address
	Metadata address structure. More...

struct	Contact
	Metadata contact structure. More...

struct	Link
	Metadata link structure. More...

Public Types
typedef QList< QgsAbstractMetadataBase::Contact >	ContactList
	A list of contacts. More...

typedef QMap< QString, QStringList >	KeywordMap
	Map of vocabulary string to keyword list. More...

typedef QList< QgsAbstractMetadataBase::Link >	LinkList
	A list of links. More...

Public Member Functions
virtual	~QgsAbstractMetadataBase ()=default

QString	abstract () const
	Returns a free-form description of the resource. More...

void	addContact (const QgsAbstractMetadataBase::Contact &contact)
	Adds an individual contact to the existing contacts. More...

void	addHistoryItem (const QString &text)
	Adds a single history text to the end of the existing history list. More...

void	addKeywords (const QString &vocabulary, const QStringList &keywords)
	Adds a list of descriptive keywords for a specified vocabulary. More...

void	addLink (const QgsAbstractMetadataBase::Link &link)
	Adds an individual link to the existing links. More...

QStringList	categories () const
	Returns categories of the resource. More...

virtual QgsAbstractMetadataBase *	clone () const =0
	Clones the metadata object. More...

virtual void	combine (const QgsAbstractMetadataBase *other)
	Combines the metadata from this object with the metadata from an other object. More...

QgsAbstractMetadataBase::ContactList	contacts () const
	Returns a list of contact persons or entities associated with the resource. More...

QStringList	history () const
	Returns a freeform description of the history or lineage of the resource. More...

QString	identifier () const
	A reference, URI, URL or some other mechanism to identify the resource. More...

QgsAbstractMetadataBase::KeywordMap	keywords () const
	Returns the keywords map, which is a set of descriptive keywords associated with the resource. More...

QStringList	keywords (const QString &vocabulary) const
	Returns a list of keywords for the specified vocabulary. More...

QStringList	keywordVocabularies () const
	Returns a list of keyword vocabularies contained in the metadata. More...

QString	language () const
	Returns the human language associated with the resource. More...

QgsAbstractMetadataBase::LinkList	links () const
	Returns a list of online resources associated with the resource. More...

QString	parentIdentifier () const
	A reference, URI, URL or some other mechanism to identify the parent resource that this resource is a part (child) of. More...

virtual bool	readMetadataXml (const QDomElement &metadataElement)
	Sets state from DOM document. More...

bool	removeKeywords (const QString &vocabulary)
	Remove a vocabulary from the list. More...

void	setAbstract (const QString &abstract)
	Sets a free-form abstract (description) of the resource. More...

void	setCategories (const QStringList &categories)
	Sets categories of the resource. More...

void	setContacts (const QgsAbstractMetadataBase::ContactList &contacts)
	Sets the list of contacts or entities associated with the resource. More...

void	setHistory (const QStringList &history)
	Sets the freeform description of the history or lineage of the resource. More...

void	setIdentifier (const QString &identifier)
	Sets the reference, URI, URL or some other mechanism to identify the resource. More...

void	setKeywords (const QgsAbstractMetadataBase::KeywordMap &keywords)
	Sets the keywords map, which is a set of descriptive keywords associated with the resource. More...

void	setLanguage (const QString &language)
	Sets the human language associated with the resource. More...

void	setLinks (const QgsAbstractMetadataBase::LinkList &links)
	Sets the list of online resources associated with the resource. More...

void	setParentIdentifier (const QString &parentIdentifier)
	Sets a reference, URI, URL or some other mechanism to identify the parent resource that this resource is a part (child) of. More...

void	setTitle (const QString &title)
	Sets the human readable title (name) of the resource, typically displayed in search results. More...

void	setType (const QString &type)
	Sets the type (nature) of the resource. More...

QString	title () const
	Returns the human readable name of the resource, typically displayed in search results. More...

QString	type () const
	Returns the nature of the resource. More...

virtual bool	writeMetadataXml (QDomElement &metadataElement, QDomDocument &document) const
	Stores state in a DOM node. More...

Protected Member Functions
	QgsAbstractMetadataBase ()=default
	Constructor for QgsAbstractMetadataBase. More...

bool	equals (const QgsAbstractMetadataBase &other) const
	Tests whether the common metadata fields in this object are equal to other. More...

Protected Attributes
QString	mAbstract

QgsAbstractMetadataBase::ContactList	mContacts

QStringList	mHistory

QString	mIdentifier

QgsAbstractMetadataBase::KeywordMap	mKeywords
	Keywords map. More...

QString	mLanguage

QgsAbstractMetadataBase::LinkList	mLinks

QString	mParentIdentifier

QString	mTitle

QString	mType

Detailed Description

An abstract base class for metadata stores.

QgsAbstractMetadataBase is the base class for handling storage and management of the metadata for various map related assets. This class is an internal QGIS format with a common metadata structure. It is subclassed by layer and project specific metadata classes, such as QgsLayerMetadata and QgsProjectMetadata.

The metadata store is designed to be compatible with the Dublin Core metadata specifications, and will be expanded to allow compatibility with ISO specifications in future releases. However, the QGIS internal schema does not represent a superset of all existing metadata schemas and accordingly conversion from specific metadata formats to QgsAbstractMetadataBase may result in a loss of information.

This class is designed to follow the specifications detailed in the schema definition available at resources/qgis-base-metadata.xsd within the QGIS source code.

Metadata can be validated through the use of QgsAbstractMetadataBaseValidator subclasses. E.g. validating against the native QGIS metadata schema can be performed using QgsNativeMetadataValidator.

Since: QGIS 3.2

Definition at line 56 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ KeywordMap

typedef QMap< QString, QStringList > QgsAbstractMetadataBase::KeywordMap

Map of vocabulary string to keyword list.

Definition at line 78 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ~QgsAbstractMetadataBase()

virtual QgsAbstractMetadataBase::~QgsAbstractMetadataBase ( )

virtualdefault

◆ QgsAbstractMetadataBase()

QgsAbstractMetadataBase::QgsAbstractMetadataBase ( )

protecteddefault

Constructor for QgsAbstractMetadataBase.

QgsAbstractMetadataBase cannot be instantiated directly, it must be subclassed.

Member Function Documentation

◆ abstract()

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::abstract ( ) const

Returns a free-form description of the resource.

See also: setAbstract()

Definition at line 61 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ addContact()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::addContact ( const QgsAbstractMetadataBase::Contact & contact )

Adds an individual contact to the existing contacts.

See also: contacts(); setContacts()

Definition at line 143 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ addHistoryItem()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::addHistoryItem ( const QString & text )

Adds a single history text to the end of the existing history list.

See also: history(); setHistory()

Definition at line 81 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ addKeywords()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::addKeywords	(	const QString &	vocabulary,
		const QStringList &	keywords
	)

Adds a list of descriptive keywords for a specified vocabulary.

Any existing keywords for the same vocabulary will be replaced. Other vocabularies will not be affected.

The vocabulary string is a reference (URI/URL preferred) to a codelist or vocabulary associated with keyword list.

See also: setKeywords()

Definition at line 96 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ addLink()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::addLink ( const QgsAbstractMetadataBase::Link & link )

Adds an individual link to the existing links.

See also: links(); setLinks()

Definition at line 158 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ categories()

QStringList QgsAbstractMetadataBase::categories ( ) const

Returns categories of the resource.

Categories are stored using a special vocabulary 'gmd:topicCategory' in keywords.

See also: keywords()

Definition at line 116 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ clone()

virtual QgsAbstractMetadataBase* QgsAbstractMetadataBase::clone ( ) const

pure virtual

Clones the metadata object.

Since: QGIS 3.2

Implemented in QgsProjectMetadata, and QgsLayerMetadata.

◆ combine()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::combine ( const QgsAbstractMetadataBase * other )

virtual

Combines the metadata from this object with the metadata from an other object.

Any existing values in this object will be overwritten by non-empty values from other.

Since: QGIS 3.20

Reimplemented in QgsProjectMetadata, and QgsLayerMetadata.

Definition at line 435 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ contacts()

QList< QgsAbstractMetadataBase::Contact > QgsAbstractMetadataBase::contacts ( ) const

Returns a list of contact persons or entities associated with the resource.

See also: setContacts()

Definition at line 133 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ equals()

bool QgsAbstractMetadataBase::equals ( const QgsAbstractMetadataBase & other ) const

protected

Tests whether the common metadata fields in this object are equal to other.

Subclasses should utilize this method from their equality operators to test equality of base class members.

Since: QGIS 3.2

Definition at line 471 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ history()

QStringList QgsAbstractMetadataBase::history ( ) const

Returns a freeform description of the history or lineage of the resource.

See also: setHistory()

Definition at line 71 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ identifier()

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::identifier ( ) const

A reference, URI, URL or some other mechanism to identify the resource.

See also: setIdentifier()

Definition at line 21 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ keywords() [1/2]

QMap< QString, QStringList > QgsAbstractMetadataBase::keywords ( ) const

Returns the keywords map, which is a set of descriptive keywords associated with the resource.

The map key is the vocabulary string and map value is a list of keywords for that vocabulary.

The vocabulary string is a reference (URI/URL preferred) to a codelist or vocabulary associated with keyword list.

See also: setKeywords(); keywordVocabularies()

Definition at line 86 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ keywords() [2/2]

QStringList QgsAbstractMetadataBase::keywords ( const QString & vocabulary ) const

Returns a list of keywords for the specified vocabulary.

If the vocabulary is not contained in the metadata, an empty list will be returned.

The vocabulary string is a reference (URI/URL preferred) to a codelist or vocabulary associated with keyword list.

See also: keywordVocabularies()

Definition at line 111 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ keywordVocabularies()

QStringList QgsAbstractMetadataBase::keywordVocabularies ( ) const

Returns a list of keyword vocabularies contained in the metadata.

The vocabulary string is a reference (URI/URL preferred) to a codelist or vocabulary associated with keyword list.

See also: keywords()

Definition at line 106 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ language()

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::language ( ) const

Returns the human language associated with the resource.

Usually the returned string will follow either the ISO 639.2 or ISO 3166 specifications, e.g. 'ENG' or 'SPA', however this is not a hard requirement and the caller must account for non compliant values.

See also: setLanguage()

Definition at line 163 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ links()

QList< QgsAbstractMetadataBase::Link > QgsAbstractMetadataBase::links ( ) const

Returns a list of online resources associated with the resource.

See also: setLinks()

Definition at line 148 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ parentIdentifier()

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::parentIdentifier ( ) const

A reference, URI, URL or some other mechanism to identify the parent resource that this resource is a part (child) of.

Returns an empty string if no parent identifier is set.

See also: setParentIdentifier()

Definition at line 31 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ readMetadataXml()

bool QgsAbstractMetadataBase::readMetadataXml ( const QDomElement & metadataElement )

virtual

Sets state from DOM document.

Parameters

metadataElement The DOM element corresponding to `‘resourceMetadata’' tag

Returns: true if successful

Subclasses which override this method should take care to also call the base class method in order to read common metadata properties.

Reimplemented in QgsProjectMetadata, and QgsLayerMetadata.

Definition at line 173 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ removeKeywords()

bool QgsAbstractMetadataBase::removeKeywords ( const QString & vocabulary )

Remove a vocabulary from the list.

See also: setKeywords(); addKeywords()

Definition at line 101 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setAbstract()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setAbstract ( const QString & abstract )

Sets a free-form abstract (description) of the resource.

See also: abstract()

Definition at line 66 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setCategories()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setCategories ( const QStringList & categories )

Sets categories of the resource.

Categories are stored using a special vocabulary 'gmd:topicCategory' in keywords.

See also: keywords()

Definition at line 128 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setContacts()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setContacts ( const QgsAbstractMetadataBase::ContactList & contacts )

Sets the list of contacts or entities associated with the resource.

Any existing contacts will be replaced.

See also: contacts(); addContact()

Definition at line 138 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setHistory()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setHistory ( const QStringList & history )

Sets the freeform description of the history or lineage of the resource.

Any existing history items will be overwritten.

See also: addHistoryItem(); history()

Definition at line 76 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setIdentifier()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setIdentifier ( const QString & identifier )

Sets the reference, URI, URL or some other mechanism to identify the resource.

See also: identifier()

Definition at line 26 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setKeywords()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setKeywords ( const QgsAbstractMetadataBase::KeywordMap & keywords )

Sets the keywords map, which is a set of descriptive keywords associated with the resource.

The map key is the vocabulary string and map value is a list of keywords for that vocabulary. Calling this replaces any existing keyword vocabularies.

The vocabulary string is a reference (URI/URL preferred) to a codelist or vocabulary associated with keyword list.

See also: keywords(); addKeywords()

Definition at line 91 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setLanguage()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setLanguage ( const QString & language )

Sets the human language associated with the resource.

While a formal vocabulary is not imposed, ideally values should be taken from the ISO 639.2 or ISO 3166 specifications, e.g. 'ENG' or 'SPA' (ISO 639.2) or 'EN-AU' (ISO 3166).

See also: language()

Definition at line 168 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setLinks()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setLinks ( const QgsAbstractMetadataBase::LinkList & links )

Sets the list of online resources associated with the resource.

Any existing links will be replaced.

See also: links(); addLink()

Definition at line 153 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setParentIdentifier()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setParentIdentifier ( const QString & parentIdentifier )

Sets a reference, URI, URL or some other mechanism to identify the parent resource that this resource is a part (child) of.

Set an empty string if no parent identifier is required.

See also: parentIdentifier()

Definition at line 36 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setTitle()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setTitle ( const QString & title )

Sets the human readable title (name) of the resource, typically displayed in search results.

See also: title()

Definition at line 56 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ setType()

void QgsAbstractMetadataBase::setType ( const QString & type )

Sets the type (nature) of the resource.

While a formal vocabulary is not imposed, it is advised to use the ISO 19115 MD_ScopeCode values. E.g. 'dataset' or 'series'.

See also: type()

Definition at line 46 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ title()

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::title ( ) const

Returns the human readable name of the resource, typically displayed in search results.

See also: setTitle()

Definition at line 51 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ type()

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::type ( ) const

Returns the nature of the resource.

While a formal vocabulary is not imposed, it is advised to use the ISO 19115 MD_ScopeCode values. E.g. 'dataset' or 'series'.

See also: setType()

Definition at line 41 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

◆ writeMetadataXml()

bool QgsAbstractMetadataBase::writeMetadataXml	(	QDomElement &	metadataElement,
		QDomDocument &	document
	)		const

virtual

Stores state in a DOM node.

Parameters

metadataElement	is a DOM element corresponding to `‘resourceMetadata’' tag
document	is a the DOM document being written

Returns: true if successful

Subclasses which override this method should take care to also call the base class method in order to write common metadata properties.

Reimplemented in QgsProjectMetadata, and QgsLayerMetadata.

Definition at line 287 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp.

Member Data Documentation

◆ mAbstract

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::mAbstract

protected

Definition at line 558 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

◆ mContacts

QgsAbstractMetadataBase::ContactList QgsAbstractMetadataBase::mContacts

protected

Definition at line 568 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

◆ mHistory

QStringList QgsAbstractMetadataBase::mHistory

protected

Definition at line 559 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

◆ mIdentifier

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::mIdentifier

protected

Definition at line 553 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

◆ mKeywords

QgsAbstractMetadataBase::KeywordMap QgsAbstractMetadataBase::mKeywords

protected

Keywords map.

Key is the vocabulary, value is a list of keywords for that vocabulary.

Definition at line 566 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

◆ mLanguage

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::mLanguage

protected

Definition at line 555 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

◆ mLinks

QgsAbstractMetadataBase::LinkList QgsAbstractMetadataBase::mLinks

protected

Definition at line 570 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

◆ mParentIdentifier

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::mParentIdentifier

protected

Definition at line 554 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

◆ mTitle

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::mTitle

protected

Definition at line 557 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

◆ mType

QString QgsAbstractMetadataBase::mType

protected

Definition at line 556 of file qgsabstractmetadatabase.h.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

/build/qgis-3.20.0+99unstable/src/core/metadata/qgsabstractmetadatabase.h
/build/qgis-3.20.0+99unstable/src/core/metadata/qgsabstractmetadatabase.cpp

Classes

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ KeywordMap

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ~QgsAbstractMetadataBase()

◆ QgsAbstractMetadataBase()

Member Function Documentation

◆ abstract()

◆ addContact()

◆ addHistoryItem()

◆ addKeywords()

◆ addLink()

◆ categories()

◆ clone()

◆ combine()

◆ contacts()

◆ equals()

◆ history()

◆ identifier()

◆ keywords() [1/2]

◆ keywords() [2/2]

◆ keywordVocabularies()

◆ language()

◆ links()

◆ parentIdentifier()

◆ readMetadataXml()

◆ removeKeywords()

◆ setAbstract()

◆ setCategories()

◆ setContacts()

◆ setHistory()

◆ setIdentifier()

◆ setKeywords()

◆ setLanguage()

◆ setLinks()

◆ setParentIdentifier()

◆ setTitle()

◆ setType()

◆ title()

◆ type()

◆ writeMetadataXml()

Member Data Documentation

◆ mAbstract

◆ mContacts

◆ mHistory

◆ mIdentifier

◆ mKeywords

◆ mLanguage

◆ mLinks

◆ mParentIdentifier

◆ mTitle

◆ mType