Algorithms

A pre-compression transform that runs on the m/z or intensity array before ZSTD touches it. The right transform can take an already-good ZSTD result and shrink it by 2–5x more.

• How it works — the dispatch system, the registry, the encoder/decoder contract.
• Catalog — one page per registered algorithm with math, precision, and when to use it.
• Implementing a new algorithm — step-by-step contributor guide.
• Testing algorithms — round-trip correctness, lossy tolerance harnesses.