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029 */
030/**
031 *
032 */
033package org.openimaj.rdf.serialize;
034
035import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
036import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
037
038/**
039 *      An annotation that can be used to specify a URI for the type of
040 *      an object as it is serialised to an RDF graph.
041 *      <p>
042 *      For example:
043 *      <p>
044 *      <code><pre>
045 *              @RDFType("http://example.com/myType")
046 *              public class MyClass
047 *              {
048 *              }
049 *      </pre></code>
050 *      <p>
051 *      ...will have the following triple generated, when it is serialised:
052 *      <p>
053 *      <code><pre>
054 *              http://example.com/MyClass rdf:type http://example.com/myType
055 *      </pre></code>
056 *
057 *      @author David Dupplaw (dpd@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
058 *  @created 15 Nov 2012
059 */
060@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
061public @interface RDFType
062{
063        /** The URI of the RDF Type */
064        public String value();
065}