Sutra to DNA : An interdisciplinary approach to cultural heritage preservation

<p>Materials pertaining to the project Sutra2DNA. We have chosen the Diamond Sūtra as the first Buddhist text to be encoded in&nbsp;DNA. The DNA is encased in metal capsule, which in turn are housed in specially designed, 3D printed miniature stūpas.</p> <p>A QR code with the DOI of&nbsp;this archive will be printed on the miniature stūpas. Interested finders who have arrived here because of the QR code should first&nbsp;read the final report of the project.</p> <p>The upload contains the following files:</p> <p>* Sutra2DNA_finalReport.odt<br> Explains the project and outcome.</p> <p>* diamondSutraT235_textOnly.txt<br> The Chinese text of the Diamond Sūtra as provided to the encoder.</p> <p>* Twist-Decoding Instructions-DS14.pdf<br> Contains some of the decoding options available in 2022.</p> <p>* twist_bioscience_codec_v2_external.tar.gz<br> Docker file with the decoder for the DNA sequence as provided by TwistBioscience.&nbsp;</p> <p>* miniatureStupa_STLfiles/*.stl<br> Three files to 3D print the three parts of the miniature stūpa that houses the capsule with the DNA.</p> <p>* dna-fountain-master.zip<br> Justin Brody&#39;s porting of Erlich&#39;s fountain code algorithm (2017) to Python 3. (2022-06 code from&nbsp;https://github.com/jdbrody/dna-fountain)</p>