The Watermark Archive Initiative

An international, collaborative project developing . . .

The International
aper Registry

a Web based distributed database system for the registration and description of papers and watermarks --

• a universal portal for searching for papers and watermarks
  now being implemented by the Bernstein Consortium
• a venue for publication of papers and watermarks
• a resource for authenticating documents and works of art produced on paper and identifying stolen objects
• a tool for detection of fraud and forgery
• a tool for humanistic research designed to facilitate discovery of historical connections through the evidence of paper