Boxing barcode

Samples of a Boxing frame

Boxing is high-capacity 2D barcode.¹² 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.

Applications

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

the Vatican Library³
the photographic collection⁴
GitHub⁵
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] ql.com/technology/

[2] thub.com/piql/unboxing

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

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

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

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