Remarks
From this observation, and basing oneself on its expertise in the long-term archiving (Project PAC), CINES initiated the project ISAAC (Scientific Information Archived At CINES). This project aims to provide to the higher education and research community, an electronic archiving service specific to scientific data. The retention period is 3 to 5 years (medium-term conservation).
Isaac is an overall project. It in fact includes all steps of the implementation of a classic IT project (from the definition of functional and technical specifications to their implementation on a production platform), but it also aims to implement an administrative structured organization, involving different actors (researchers, experts in scientific fields, representatives of CINES).