20050415_uvc_emulation_lund_sweden_jrvanderhoeven.pptVIP

UVC and emulation as preservation strategies UVC and emulation as preservation strategies Jeffrey van der Hoeven Researcher Digital Preservation Koninklijke Bibliotheek www.kb.nl Overview The e-Depot Digital Preservation Universal Virtual Computer Emulation Conclusions future work Mission of the KB e-Depot : Ensuring permanent availability of information and knowledge Which means: Long-term preservation and accessibility of electronic publications Safeguarding authenticity integrity Continuous effort in Research Development The e-Depot Electronic version traditional depository Developed in collaboration with IBM Technical heart: DIAS (OAIS-compliant) Ingest of online journal articles, e-books, and CD-ROMs Operational since March 17, 2003 Over 3 million electronic publications processed Overview The e-Depot Digital Preservation Universal Virtual Computer Emulation Conclusions future work Digital preservation Digital preservation Difficulties: Carriers of digitally stored information are vulnerable Software and hardware are required to read the publication Technology is changing rapidly To ensure digital preservation, we need: Preservation strategies Migration = change the object - adapt it to a new environment Risky due to: Possible loss of information Error propagation lack of support for functional behaviour Preservation strategies Emulation = change the environment - keep the original KB: focus on original object Why is it not used already? Emulator must be developed Complex and costly… is it? First step: Universal Virtual Computer Overview The e-Depot Digital Preservation Universal Virtual Computer Emulation Conclusions future work Universal Virtual Computer (UVC) Approach developed by Raymond Lorie (IBM) Combination of migration and emulation Virtual intermediate platform Simple enough to be implemented on any future platform UVC: how does it work? UVC: what do we have to do? UVC in practice Current state: