We should add a user guide on how to examine an ERC without Docker and without the reproducibility service and platform/UI.
This could mitigate issues about "What if Docker is not available anymore?" and demonstrate that the information is still there and accessible using the structure required by the spec alone.
unpack the archive
on the structure of Docker exports (maybe a side note on image squashing)
where to find the ERC metadata files
how to extract the ERC payload from /erc
how to check bag validity on the extracted payload
how to find the main and view files (default names, erc.yml)
[ ] blog post (examining a Docker image without Docker)
We should add a user guide on how to examine an ERC without Docker and without the reproducibility service and platform/UI. This could mitigate issues about "What if Docker is not available anymore?" and demonstrate that the information is still there and accessible using the structure required by the spec alone.
/erc
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