Best practice for storing rarely modified data, e.g. lists?

[eluser]NogDog[/eluser]
[quote author="jedd" date="1241084483"]...If you use a model to retrieve these data then you can later modify the storage method and your application doesn't need to know where and how it's stored....[/quote]
Excellent point. As long as whatever method you use is encapsulated within a class which takes care of all retrieval/storage issues, you can change your mind whenever you want and rest assured the rest of the application won't care.