diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti21/ui/components/AssessmentRenderFunctions.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti21/ui/components/AssessmentRenderFunctions.java
index 286a943ec22f3f94b30629c901ec8c2c0fb8dbdf..d883dcd785e58af4534becf44922ff6311e69209 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti21/ui/components/AssessmentRenderFunctions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti21/ui/components/AssessmentRenderFunctions.java
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ public class AssessmentRenderFunctions {
   <xsl:function name="qw:convert-link" as="xs:string">
     <xsl:param name="uri" as="xs:string"/>
     <xsl:choose>
-      <xsl:when test="starts-with($uri, 'http:') or starts-with($uri, 'https:') or starts-with($uri, 'mailto:')">
+      <xsl:when test="starts-with($uri, 'http:') or starts-with($uri, 'https:') or starts-with($uri, 'mailto:') or starts-with($uri, 'data:')">
         <xsl:sequence select="$uri"/>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ public class AssessmentRenderFunctions {
 	 */
 	
 	public static final String convertLink(AssessmentObjectComponent component, ResolvedAssessmentItem resolvedAssessmentItem, String uri) {
-		if(uri != null && (uri.startsWith("http:") || uri.startsWith("https:") || uri.startsWith("mailto:"))) {
+		if(uri != null && (uri.startsWith("http:") || uri.startsWith("https:") || uri.startsWith("mailto:") || uri.startsWith("data:"))) {
 			return uri;
 		}