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See also How are Images represented in the Model?, How to access images after changing the default namespace?
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We wanted a way to store thousands of image files so they would not all be in the same directory. We took our inspiration from the PairTree folks ([, and modified their algorithm to suit our needs. The general idea is to store files in a multi-layer directory structure based on the URI assigned to the file.
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URI | http://vivo.mydomain.edu/individual/n3156 |
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In this example, we assume that VIVO's home directory is at |
We want to turn the URI into the directory path, but the URI contains prohibited characters. Using a PairTree-like character substitution, we might store it at this path:
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