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Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 15:06:35 +0100
From: Robin Thornes <[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Object ID 

Object ID
Council for the Prevention of Art Theft
The Estate Office
Stourhead Park
Warminster
BA12 6QD
UK

Tel & Fax: +44.1747.841540

Object ID has been given a new home at the Council for the Prevention 
of Art Theft (CoPAT). 

At a meeting in London on 1 July the Getty Information Institute 
announced that CoPAT would be taking over the international 
collaborative project. 

Established in 1992 and now a registered charity, CoPAT’s mission 
is to promote crime prevention in the fields of art, antiques, 
antiquities and architecture. Members CoPAT committees are drawn 
from the law-enforcement community, experts in various aspects of 
crime prevention, heritage organizations, historic house owners, 
the insurance industry, and the art trade. 

CoPAT has been involved in the project from an early stage, playing 
a significant role in the development of Object ID, and being one 
of the first organisations to formally endorse the standard.