/**

@mainpage The Open Compression Toolkit for C++

The Open Compression Toolkit is a set of modular C++ classes and
utilities for implementing and testing compression algorithms.

 - Simple interface and skeleton code for creating new compression
   algorithms.
 - Complete testing framework for validating and comparing new
   algorithms.
 - Support for algorithms that use external dictionaries/headers.
 - Utility classes and sample code for bitio, frequency counting, etc.

@section contents Contents

 - @ref introduction "Introduction" - a short introduction to the Octane
   toolkit.
 - @ref walkthrough "A Simple Walkthrough" - the Octane Tester application.
 - @ref compressorhowto "The Compressor API" - how to write your own Octane
   compressor.
 - @ref history - changes between releases.
 - @ref futurework - our ideas for the future development.
 - @ref license - the license under which Octane is available.

*/
