Encoding library

[justinbass]

Similar to piql/boxing#2, are there any plans to add an encoder that would generate AFS files around the data, for limited use on paper?

[oleliabo]

Once piql/boxing#2 is fixed we can look at this.

Our main motivation for releasing boxing/afs at the moment is to allow for independent third parties (students/researchers) to decode the data from the piqlFilm. The piqlFilm is a digital preservation product with the design goal of ensuring information survival for several hundred years. So on the reel we include description of the format and source code (as human readable text), file format decoders descriptions and source code etc. All with the goal of making the piqlFilm self contained so the digital data it contains can be decoded and understood in the future when all contemporary HW/SW is not present. In this context we believe description of encoding is not so important, although we see this is essential for other uses of the libraries.