The pilot project for the TNG Long-Term Archive

The pilot project aiming at the definition of a long-term archive for the national Galileo telescope (TNG) is described. The scope of the project, its development plan and the current status are reported, with particular reference to the requirements for interoperability with other archives, aimed at the inclusion of the TNG long-term archive in the phase-B of the European Astronomical Virtual Observatory (AVO) project.