PADICAT coordinated by the Biblioteca de Catalunya, is a deposit of digital files, html, jpg and gif, initiated as a project in 2005 with the aim of collecting, processing and providing permanent access to the entire cultural, scientific and general output of Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

 in digital format. The objective of PADICAT is to archive Catalan websites, along the same lines as other international projects, the best known of them are the giant Internet Archive

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...

, Australia's Pandora Archive

Pandora Archive

PANDORA - Australia's Web Archive is the national web archive for the preservation of Australia's online publications. It was established by the National Library of Australia in 1996, and is now built in collaboration with a number of other Australian state libraries and cultural collecting...

 and Sweden's Kulturarw3.

History

The project began in 2005 and has involved the collaboration of the Centre de Supercomputació de Catalunya (CESCA) and the support of the Secretaria de Telecomunicacions i Societat de la Informació (STSI) of the Generalitat de Catalunya

Generalitat de Catalunya

The Generalitat of Catalonia is the institution under which the autonomous community of Catalonia is politically organised. It consists of the Parliament, the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Government of Catalonia....

. It has a budget of 766,000 euros.