diff --git a/encoding/ascii.go b/encoding/ascii.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2557e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encoding/ascii.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package encoding
+
+import "bytes"
+
+type ASCIICoder struct{}
+
+func (c *ASCIICoder) Encode(s string, buf *bytes.Buffer) {
+	buf.WriteString(s)
+}
+
+func (c *ASCIICoder) Decode(buf *bytes.Buffer) string {
+	return buf.String()
+}
diff --git a/encoding/ascii_test.go b/encoding/ascii_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d28f93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encoding/ascii_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package encoding
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestASCIIEncodeSimpleASCIIString(t *testing.T) {
+	coder := &ASCIICoder{}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	input := "Hello, World!"
+
+	expected := []byte{72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 44, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33}
+	coder.Encode(input, &buf)
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, but got %v", expected, buf.Bytes())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestASCIIDecodeSimpleASCIIString(t *testing.T) {
+	coder := &ASCIICoder{}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	input := []byte{72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 44, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33}
+
+	expected := "Hello, World!"
+	buf.Write(input)
+	output := coder.Decode(&buf)
+
+	if output != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, but got %v", expected, output)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestASCIIEncodeEmptyString(t *testing.T) {
+	coder := &ASCIICoder{}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	input := ""
+
+	expected := []byte{}
+	coder.Encode(input, &buf)
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, but got %v", expected, buf.Bytes())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestASCIIDecodeEmptyString(t *testing.T) {
+	coder := &ASCIICoder{}
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+
+	expected := ""
+	output := coder.Decode(buf)
+
+	if output != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, but got %v", expected, output)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/encoding/charset.json b/encoding/charset.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60c72aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encoding/charset.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+	"ucs2": {
+		"link": "http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ucs2.html"
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/encoding/coder.go b/encoding/coder.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f2c39b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encoding/coder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package encoding
+
+import "bytes"
+
+type Coder interface {
+	Encode(s string, buf *bytes.Buffer)
+	Decode(buf *bytes.Buffer) string
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/encoding/ucs2.go b/encoding/ucs2.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ec252f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encoding/ucs2.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package encoding
+
+import "bytes"
+
+type UCS2Coder struct{}
+
+func (c *UCS2Coder) Encode(s string, buf *bytes.Buffer) {
+	panic("UCS2 not implemented yet")
+}
+
+func (c *UCS2Coder) Decode(buf *bytes.Buffer) string {
+	panic("UCS2 not implemented yet")
+}