INES: Astronomy Data Distribution for the Future

We describe here the structure under which the IUE Project will leave its archive at the completion of the distribution system and final data processing, within the INES system.The INES system is a total system, which comprises both the data in their final bulk processing mode for direct application to scientific analysis, as well as the software driving the distributed service for data retrieval directly by the end user.As a consequence of the expected long-term usage and support needs, it has been designed to require minimum maintenance costs and will not suffer single point failures because of the distributed nature. Integration of the INES system in a more general multi-wavelength archive for specialized analysis is anticipated tobe relatively easy, so further evolution of the data availabilitywill be driven fully by the users community and will evolve as thedata needs of the community develop. The long term responsibilitywill be transferred from ESA to the astronomical community throughthe establishment of the INES Principal Centre at the LAEFF Instituteof INTA in Spain.