From f4eb528df167d79cd1a2bd0a073e96da902a6e20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Berjon Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 16:19:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] more idnexing --- src/_blog/2025-05-grants.md | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/_blog/2025-05-grants.md b/src/_blog/2025-05-grants.md index 32a38694..810a897a 100644 --- a/src/_blog/2025-05-grants.md +++ b/src/_blog/2025-05-grants.md @@ -36,12 +36,15 @@ ourselves! ## CAR indexing from Ben Lau, Starling Lab -Another issue with CAR files is that they are as diverse as the data usecases and ergonomics of the IPFS ecosystem: -while Filecoin uploading returns a CAR file, it sidesteps the UnixFS and thus most CAR tooling cannot reconstruct or navigate its contents. -As these big-data archive files are not introspectable with UnixFS tools, Lau's team is open-sourcing some indexing tools they created internally which create a _private index_ of Filecoin uploads, rounding out a historic tooling/interop gap in the ecosystem. +Another issue with CAR files is that they are as diverse as the data usecases and ergonomics of the IPFS ecosystem: +while Filecoin uploading returns a CAR file, it sidesteps the UnixFS and thus most CAR tooling cannot reconstruct or +navigate its contents. As these big-data archive files are not introspectable with UnixFS tools, Lau's team is open-sourcing +some indexing tools they created internally which create a _private index_ of Filecoin uploads, rounding out a historic +tooling/interop gap in the ecosystem. Ben and team at [Starling Lab](https://starlinglab.org/) are developing a browser-based tool to help -locate the content of [Filecoin CAR archives](https://spec.filecoin.io/systems/filecoin_files/piece/), without relying on public indexing services. It's definitely going to +locate the content of [Filecoin CAR archives](https://spec.filecoin.io/systems/filecoin_files/piece/), without relying on +public indexing services. This is a stepping stone to more general solutions for indexing. It's definitely going to boost that part of the ecosystem! And beyond that, stay tuned: we will have more annoucements coming.