diff --git a/descriptor.md b/descriptor.md
index 2ba672d07..45c1e5347 100644
--- a/descriptor.md
+++ b/descriptor.md
@@ -41,20 +41,18 @@ The following fields contain the primary properties that constitute a Descriptor
 
 - **`annotations`** *string-string map*
 
-    This OPTIONAL property contains arbitrary metadata for this descriptor.
-    This OPTIONAL property MUST use the [annotation rules](annotations.md#rules).
+  This OPTIONAL property contains arbitrary metadata for this descriptor.
+  This OPTIONAL property MUST use the [annotation rules](annotations.md#rules).
 
-Descriptors pointing to [`application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json`](manifest.md) SHOULD include the extended field `platform`, see [Image Index Property Descriptions](image-index.md#image-index-property-descriptions) for details.
-
-### Reserved
+- **`data`** *string*
 
-The following field keys are reserved and MUST NOT be used by other specifications.
+  This OPTIONAL property contains an embedded representation of the referenced content.
+  Values MUST conform to the Base 64 encoding, as defined in [RFC 4648][rfc4648-s4].
 
-- **`data`** *string*
+Descriptors pointing to [`application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json`](manifest.md) SHOULD include the extended field `platform`, see [Image Index Property Descriptions](image-index.md#image-index-property-descriptions) for details.
 
-  This key is RESERVED for future versions of the specification.
+### Reserved
 
-All other fields may be included in other OCI specifications.
 Extended _Descriptor_ field additions proposed in other OCI specifications SHOULD first be considered for addition into this specification.
 
 ## Digests
@@ -179,6 +177,7 @@ In the following example, the descriptor indicates that the referenced manifest
 [rfc3986]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986
 [rfc4634-s4.1]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4634#section-4.1
 [rfc4634-s4.2]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4634#section-4.2
+[rfc4648-s4]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-4
 [rfc6838]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6838
 [rfc6838-s4.2]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6838#section-4.2
 [rfc7230-s2.7]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-2.7
diff --git a/specs-go/v1/descriptor.go b/specs-go/v1/descriptor.go
index 6e442a085..c2ff43c4c 100644
--- a/specs-go/v1/descriptor.go
+++ b/specs-go/v1/descriptor.go
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ type Descriptor struct {
 	// Annotations contains arbitrary metadata relating to the targeted content.
 	Annotations map[string]string `json:"annotations,omitempty"`
 
+	// Data is an embedding of the targeted content.
+	Data []byte `json:"data,omitempty"`
+
 	// Platform describes the platform which the image in the manifest runs on.
 	//
 	// This should only be used when referring to a manifest.