This paper adopts as theoretical components the rules set out in the Metanet project, the international Data Documentation Initiative 3 international documentation model, the methodological procedures followed in international research adults’ skills on PIAAC as well as the new terms of the European Research Framework for the reuse, long-term preservation and archiving of data collected, created or processed within a project, in order to describe an imaginary system regarding social data. The conceptual system we are trying to describe will allow users to design and conduct a survey, effectively archive and manage their data, and disseminate results, data, and relevant documentation for secondary use.