TIMBUS: Digital Preservation for Timeless Business Processes and Services

TIMBUS (Timeless Business Processes and Services) addresses digital preservation of business processes, ensuring that digital services remain executable and verifiable over long periods. Funded by the EU FP7 programme.

Preserve business-critical processes beyond technological obsolescence. Enable re-execution of archived workflows years later for auditing and compliance. Develop standards and frameworks for long-term service preservation.

EU FP7-funded multinational consortium. Combines business process modeling, digital archiving, and provenance tracking. Demonstrates preservation of both data and process dependencies.

Enhances regulatory compliance and data continuity for enterprises. Influences later digital preservation standards (e.g., ISO 14721 OAIS). Builds methods now used in cloud and process lifecycle management.