An Experiment in Using Emulation to Preserve Digital Publications

Résumé du livre

This report presents the results of a small study done by RAND-Europe for the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) to examine the feasibility of using emulation in the preservation of digital information. The main sections of the report are Objectives, A process model for using emulation to preserve digital publications, Metadata to support emulation-based preservation, Experimental design, The 1999 emulation experiment, Considerations for future experimental iterations, Validation testing, and Conclusions and recommendations.