Boxing barcode

Boxing is high-capacity 2D barcode.^[1]^[2] The flexible barcode format is fully customizable in terms of frame geometry, number of symbols per pixel and forward-error-correction (FEC) method. This makes it a suitable choice for storing large amounts of any kind of digital data on storage mediums such paper, photographic film or similar.

Samples of a Boxing frame

Applications

Boxing barcode is used on piqlFilm by Piql AS to store a large volume of information in the Arctic World Archive:

the Vatican Library^[3]
the photographic collection^[4]
GitHub^[5]
and other

Format

The Boxing barcode used in the piqlFilm consists 4096 rows and 2160 cols. Each frame has:

border
four corner marks
external bars (reference, calibration, structural metadata, human-readable)
data container
sync points

References

External links

[1] www.piql.com/the-technology-behind-the-service/

[2] thub.com/piql/boxing

[3] www.piql.com/news/piql-signs-agreement-with-the-vatican-library/

[4] www.piql.com/case-study/polish-masters-of-photography-trust-piql/

[5] www.piql.com/news/githubs-code-now-stored-forever-on-piqlfilm/

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