title: SEVEN STEPS FOR RELIABLE EMULATION STRATEGIES  SOLVED PROBLEMS AND OPEN ISSUES
creators: Dirk von Suchodoletz Jeffrey van der Hoeven Klaus Rechert Jasper Schr¨oder
abstract: After four years of research within the PLANETS project
  and two years of KEEP the jigsaw puzzle of emulation becomes
  a more complete picture. Emulation strategies are
  now seen as a viable complement to migration. A conceptual
  and theoretical groundwork has already been laid
  out, e.g. proper definition and selection of suitable emulators.
  However, integration into preservation frameworks
  and additional software archiving remain open research
  questions. This paper discusses several aspects of reliable
  integration and proposes development steps for a more
  complete emulation-based strategies in long-term preservation.