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+/*
+NAME
+  metaEncode_test.go
+
+DESCRIPTION
+  See Readme.md
+
+AUTHOR
+  Saxon Nelson-Milton <saxon@ausocean.org>
+
+LICENSE
+  metaEncode_test.go is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 the Australian Ocean Lab (AusOcean)
+
+  It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify them
+  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+  Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+  option) any later version.
+
+  It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with revid in gpl.txt. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses.
+*/
+
+package mts
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestMetaEncode(t *testing.T) {
+
+}