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Automation is Documentation: Functional Documentation of Human-Machine Interaction for Future Software Reuse

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Preserving software and providing access to obsolete software is necessary and will become even more important for work with any kind of born-digital artifacts. While usability and availability of emulation in digital curation and preservation workflow has improved significantly, productive (re)use of preserved obsolete software is a growing concern, due to a lack of (future) operational knowledge. In this article we describe solutions to automate and document software usage in a way, such that the result is not only instructive but also productive.

Source: International Journal of Digital Curation

DOI: 10.2218/ijdc.v17i1.836

Authors: Jurek Oberhauser, Rafael Gieschke, Klaus Rechert

Institutions: University of Freiburg, University of Applied Sciences Kehl

Language: English

Topic: Digital and Traditional Archives Management

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4296789469

FWCI: 5.284

Cites: 4

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10