diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e151dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[flake8]
+ignore = E203
+exclude =
+    .git,
+    __pycache__,
+    docs/source/conf.py,
+    build,
+    dist
+max-complexity = 10
+max-line-length = 79
diff --git a/SciXPipelineUtils/scix_id.py b/SciXPipelineUtils/scix_id.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57084b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SciXPipelineUtils/scix_id.py
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+"""
+base32-crockford
+================
+
+A Python module implementing the alternate base32 encoding as described
+by Douglas Crockford at: http://www.crockford.com/wrmg/base32.html.
+
+He designed the encoding to:
+
+   * Be human and machine readable
+   * Be compact
+   * Be error resistant
+   * Be pronounceable
+
+It uses a symbol set of 10 digits and 22 letters, excluding I, L O and
+U. Decoding is not case sensitive, and 'i' and 'l' are converted to '1'
+and 'o' is converted to '0'. Encoding uses only upper-case characters.
+
+Hyphens may be present in symbol strings to improve readability, and
+are removed when decoding.
+
+A check symbol can be appended to a symbol string to detect errors
+within the string.
+
+"""
+
+import re
+
+__all__ = ["encode", "decode", "normalize"]
+
+# The encoded symbol space does not include I, L, O or U
+symbols = "0123456789ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTVWXYZ"
+# These five symbols are exclusively for checksum values
+check_symbols = "*~$=U"
+
+encode_symbols = dict((i, ch) for (i, ch) in enumerate(symbols + check_symbols))
+decode_symbols = dict((ch, i) for (i, ch) in enumerate(symbols + check_symbols))
+normalize_symbols = str.maketrans("IiLlOo", "111100")
+valid_symbols = re.compile("^[%s]+[%s]?$" % (symbols, re.escape(check_symbols)))
+
+base = len(symbols)
+check_base = len(symbols + check_symbols)
+
+
+def encode(number, checksum=True, split=4, string_length=12):
+    """Encode an integer into a symbol string.
+
+    A ValueError is raised on invalid input.
+
+    If checksum is set to True, a check symbol will be
+    calculated and appended to the string.
+
+    If split is specified, the string will be divided into
+    clusters of that size separated by hyphens.
+
+    The param string_length causes the returned value to be padded
+    with 0s if the returned string is shorter than the requested
+    length (ie. 01 becomes 00000001 for the default string length).
+    This includes the checksum if specified.
+
+    The encoded string is returned.
+    """
+    number = int(number)
+    if number < 0:
+        raise ValueError("number '%d' is not a positive integer" % number)
+
+    split = int(split)
+    if split < 0:
+        raise ValueError("split '%d' is not a positive integer" % split)
+
+    check_symbol = ""
+    if checksum:
+        check_symbol = encode_symbols[number % check_base]
+
+    if number == 0:
+        symbol_string = "0"
+
+    symbol_string = ""
+    while number > 0:
+        remainder = number % base
+        number //= base
+        symbol_string = encode_symbols[remainder] + symbol_string
+
+    symbol_string = str(symbol_string).zfill(string_length - int(checksum))
+
+    if split:
+        chunks = []
+        for pos in range(0, len(symbol_string), split):
+            chunks.append(symbol_string[pos : pos + split])
+        symbol_string = "-".join(chunks)
+        symbol_string = symbol_string + check_symbol
+
+    return symbol_string
+
+
+def decode(symbol_string, checksum=True, strict=False):
+    """Decode an encoded symbol string.
+
+    If checksum is set to True, the string is assumed to have a
+    trailing check symbol which will be validated. If the
+    checksum validation fails, a ValueError is raised.
+
+    If strict is set to True, a ValueError is raised if the
+    normalization step requires changes to the string.
+
+    The decoded string is returned.
+    """
+    symbol_string = normalize(symbol_string, strict=strict)
+    if checksum:
+        symbol_string, check_symbol = symbol_string[:-1], symbol_string[-1]
+
+    number = 0
+    for symbol in symbol_string:
+        number = number * base + decode_symbols[symbol]
+
+    if checksum:
+        check_value = decode_symbols[check_symbol]
+        modulo = number % check_base
+        if check_value != modulo:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "invalid check symbol '%s' for string '%s'" % (check_symbol, symbol_string)
+            )
+
+    return number
+
+
+def normalize(symbol_string, strict=False):
+    """Normalize an encoded symbol string.
+
+    Normalization provides error correction and prepares the
+    string for decoding. These transformations are applied:
+
+       1. Hyphens are removed
+       2. 'I', 'i', 'L' or 'l' are converted to '1'
+       3. 'O' or 'o' are converted to '0'
+       4. All characters are converted to uppercase
+
+    A TypeError is raised if an invalid string type is provided.
+
+    A ValueError is raised if the normalized string contains
+    invalid characters.
+
+    If the strict parameter is set to True, a ValueError is raised
+    if any of the above transformations are applied.
+
+    The normalized string is returned.
+    """
+
+    norm_string = symbol_string.replace("-", "").translate(normalize_symbols).upper()
+
+    if not valid_symbols.match(norm_string):
+        raise ValueError("string '%s' contains invalid characters" % norm_string)
+
+    if strict and norm_string != symbol_string:
+        raise ValueError("string '%s' requires normalization" % symbol_string)
+
+    return norm_string
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c9f732c..afa4159 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "SciXPipelineUtils"
-version = "0.0.2"
+version = "0.0.3"
 description = "A collection of utilities for the new NASA Science Explorer (NASA SciX) backoffice architecture"
 authors = [{ name = "Taylor Jacovich", email = "tjacovich@cfa.harvard.edu"}]
 license = { text = "GPL-3.0" }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dev = [
     'pytest-cov==4.0.0',
     'moto==4.1.3',
     'confluent-kafka==1.9.2',
-    'fastavro==1.7.2',
+    'fastavro==1.9.7',
 ]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
diff --git a/tests/test_scix_id.py b/tests/test_scix_id.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80e140d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_scix_id.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+import SciXPipelineUtils.scix_id as scixid
+
+
+class TestSciXIDImplementation(TestCase):
+    def test_generate_scixid(self):
+        test_id = scixid.encode(1000)
+        self.assertEqual(test_id, "0000-0000-0Z81")
+        test_int = scixid.decode(test_id)
+        self.assertEqual(test_int, 1000)
+
+    def test_generate_scixid_no_checksum(self):
+        test_id = scixid.encode(1000, checksum=False)
+        self.assertEqual(test_id, "0000-0000-00Z8")
+        test_int = scixid.decode(test_id, checksum=False)
+        self.assertEqual(test_int, 1000)