Vlad Alexander (XStandard) wrote:
If you put all images into the "images" folder, it's like putting things into a black hole; things go it but never come out. The problem is just by looking at the files in the "images" folder, you have no idea which documents are referencing them so you are not sure if you can ever delete them.
Simple way to handle this: Never delete them! Since "Cool URIs don't change", no document should ever be deleted, and thus any document that does reference the image will still be there and require the image. Even if the document is edited to have the reference removed, it's still good to have it there for historical reasons and so that it may be used again in the future.
However, it can be very useful to categorise images into subfolders so that it makes it easier to find and use later. I find dated folders is the most effective way to categorise images, which helps allow the URIs to be maintained perpetually.
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