Sideloading aims at reducing the number of HTTP requests which are necessary for the client to receive all necessary data about resources. It works by embedding (small) linked resources.
The OParl draft uses the URL parameter listformat for such a purpose for URLs to "lists". Sideloading is to happen when the value is complete and it is not to happen when the parameter is absent. The disadvantage is that this is a special solution which is not based on a standard or convention.
The use of Triple Pattern Fragments (TPF) would also reduce the number of HTTP requests but would not have this disadvantage.
Sideloading aims at reducing the number of HTTP requests which are necessary for the client to receive all necessary data about resources. It works by embedding (small) linked resources.
The OParl draft uses the URL parameter
listformatfor such a purpose for URLs to "lists". Sideloading is to happen when the value iscompleteand it is not to happen when the parameter is absent. The disadvantage is that this is a special solution which is not based on a standard or convention.The use of Triple Pattern Fragments (TPF) would also reduce the number of HTTP requests but would not have this disadvantage.