Using the URI Data Type in Device Models

The URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) data type helps store pointers or references to external content.

If you have devices that need to support large content in messages, such as camera images and videos from facilities monitoring data, you can use the URI data type in your device model attributes. The URI data type lets you store pointers to your content, which can be stored in an external location, such as Oracle Storage Cloud Service or Oracle Documents Cloud Service.

Use the URI data type for device model attributes, action arguments, and format field types that must point to external content.

You can use the client software libraries to create applications that can automatically upload the external content to Oracle Storage Cloud Service, and put URI pointers to the content in your device messages. See Developing Device Software Using the Client Software Libraries in for more information on client software libraries.