Evaluation of Preserved Scientific Processes

Abstract

Digital preservation research has seen an increased focus is on objects that are non-deterministic but depend on external events like user input or data from external sources. Among those is the preservation of scientific processes, aiming at reuse of research outputs. Ensuring that the preserved object is equivalent to the original is a key concern, and is traditionally measured by comparing significant properties of the objects. We adapt a framework for comparing emulated versions of a digital object to measure equivalence also in processes.