Keeping Emulation Environments Portable (KEEP)

Project description

In the KEEP project, an emulation platform has been developed which is designed to reproduce static and dynamic objects as precisely as possible: text, sounds, images, multimedia documents, websites, databases, video games etc. Long-term accessibility of the cultural heritage has been ensured by the development of flexible access tools and the storage of a wide range of digital objects.

The project also included the development of an emulation framework which manages different emulators and triggers them automatically. A legal study investigated the underlying conditions for emulation in Europe, focusing particularly on the handling of disk images and their use for long-term preservation. Other aspects of the research included metadata for long-term preservation and the development of a virtual machine for simplifying the porting of emulators.

Results

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/89496/factsheet/en

Project framework

Funding

Europäische Kommission, Siebtes Europäisches Forschungsrahmenprogramm

Partners

• Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
• Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BnF)
• Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB)
• Joguin
• Computerspielemuseum Berlin
• University of Portsmouth (UP)
• Cross Czech
• Tessella
• European Games Developer Federation

Duration

2009 to 2012

Contact

Tobias Steinke
t.steinke@dnb.de