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This PR adds experimental support for a hypothetical "binary blob" type -- a custom type, associated with the xsd:base64Binary URI, intended to hold an arbitrary blob of binary data. The blob is serialized as a Base64-encoded string, and deserialized as an array of bytes (byte[]).

It's easy to declare such a custom type in any LinkML schema that needs it, but we should consider adding it directly to linkml:types instead (or maybe to linkml:extended_types).

Add experimental support for a hypothetical "binary blob" type -- a
custom type, associated with the xsd:base64Binary URI, intended to hold
an arbitrary blob of binary data. The blob is serialized as a
Base64-encoded string, and deserialized as an array of bytes (`byte[]`).

It's easy to declare such a custom type in any LinkML schema that needs
it, but we should consider adding it directly to `linkml:types` instead
(or maybe to `linkml:extended_types`).
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Superseded by #9.

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gouttegd deleted the support-binary-blob-type branch September 19, 2026 11:41
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