Long Paper: A Generic Emulator Interface for Digital Preservation --- Towards a Collaborative Distributed Emulator Registry

Abstract

Emulation frameworks as well as emulation as an access strategy have matured. With more simplified access to emulation and improved workflows, there is still a gap to be closed, primarily the availability of emulators and especially for smaller niches like arcade games or pre-PC computers. In this article we propose methods to simplify emulator preparation for framework integration as well as describing an emulator’s technical capabilities. Both, the technical design and the technical description of emulators will provide a foundation for cooperative work to identify, list, describe and integrate emulators of interest for the digital preservation community.

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Creators
Gieschke, Rafael
Institutions
University of Freiburg
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Keywords
emulation; metadata; registry
Publication Type
long paper
License
CC-BY 4.0 International
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