  The Gaia archive is being designed and implemented by the DPAC Consortium.
The purpose of the archive is to maximize the scientific exploitation of the
Gaia data by the astronomical community. Thus, it is crucial to gather and
discuss with the community the features of the Gaia archive as much as
possible. It is especially important from the point of view of the GENIUS
project to gather the feedback and potential use cases for the archive. This
paper presents very briefly the general ideas behind the Gaia archive and
presents which tools are already provided to the community.
