and what if that data was needed to ensure data integrity / validation / assertions?
Bill Roberts wrote: > I definitely reckon first approach would be better - then the data can be > easily downloaded if required and you can add some RDF metadata about that > file if you want to. Having base64 data in the RDF is going to be messy, > especially if there is a lot of data, and less flexible for user > agents/application software. > > > On 24 Feb 2010, at 20:08, Nathan wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Just need to gather opinions on whether it's okay to store "data" (as in >> data in a certain format) in RDF, in graphs along with the "semantic" >> and "linked" data. For example: >> >> <a> <rdfs:label> "Title of data"@en ; >> <_ns0:link> <http://the-url-of.com/the_data.ext> . >> >> vs >> >> <a> <rdfs:label> "Title of data"@en ; >> <_ns1:data_in_format> "RAWDATA"^^base64 . >> >> I had always assumed that a bit of raw data in there (that is >> semantically described and linked) would be fine (and save an HTTP GET) >> - but now thinking I may be wrong after speaking to somebody. >> >> Any input? >> >> Regards, >> >> Nathan >> > > >
