Add encoders/decoders and/or converters

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
pandas, python
Domain
data

Research direction

Start by reviewing issue #321 and the linked CF conventions for compression by gathering and DSG representations. Clarify which encoder, decoder, or converter is in scope and which representation should be supported first; done should be defined by an agreed implementation and corresponding tests.

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Description

help wanted opinion wanted

#321 will support encoding and decoding for Pandas multi-indexes using "compression by gathering"

We could provided other encoders/decoders

  • for pydata/sparse arrays using the same convention
  • for DSG datasets, there are many possible representations. We could provide converters for these
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