International audienceThe French medical field and its Virtual Francophone Medical University (Université Médicale Virtuelle Francophone) project give us the occasion to analyse the construction process of a for « non-profit editor ». This process used two justifications: institutional and professional. Creating a portal that aggregates resources that its owners did not produce seems to be a new editorial function derived from digitization and the Internet where certification of resources is an essential role.An original editorial model is appearing. Its current success is profoundly linked to the specificities of the medical profession. In particular to the monopoly that the medical order exerts over regulations in the medical field. But t...