Ohio State University - The Huntington Archive of Buddhist Art, USA

     The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Photographic Archive of Buddhist and Related Art contains nearly 300,000 original color slides and black and white and color photographs of art and architecture throughout Asia. Countries covered in the collection include India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Taiwan. Works range from approximately 2500 B.C.E. to the present, and documentation includes contemporary religious activities in various parts of Asia. The Archive documents the art and architecture of these countries in situ, as well as works of art found in most major Asian, European, and American museums. This broad, yet detailed, collection contains predominantly Buddhist material, but also includes Hindu, Jain, Islamic, and other works. The Archive is actively involved in preparing this for redirection into the various modes of ECAI user interfaces. This includes, among other things, adding spatial and temporal indicators to the Archive's databases.
     As an ECAI Principal Center, The Huntington Archive contributes their considerable expertise in image management, dissemination, and presentation (including interface design) to the ECAI collaboration. Digitization processes, imaging standards, and other protocols used and developed in the Archive since 1994 are available to all ECAI participants and individuals wishing to redirect their data to the ECAI.