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	Website Feature	Requirements for Use in a Subsequent Piece of Work
	C-Table	a. In-text references to all relevant contributors to the C-Table in the form of their original manuscript publications (see C-Table contributor list); and b. In-text references to C.N. Stephan, E.K. Simpson, Facial soft tissue depths in craniofacial identification (Part I): An analytical review of the published adult data, Journal of Forensic Sciences 53(6) (2008) 1257-1272. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00852.x; or C.N. Stephan, E.K. Simpson, J.E. Byrd, Facial soft tissue depth statistics and enhanced point estimators for craniofacial identification: the debut of the shorth and the 75-shormax, Journal of Forensic Sciences 58(6) (2013) 1439-1457. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12252 .
	T-Table	a. In-text references to all papers used to generate the T-Table (see reference lists included with the T-Tables); and b. In-text references to: C.N. Stephan, E.K. Simpson, Facial soft tissue depths in craniofacial identification (Part I): An analytical review of the published adult data, Journal of Forensic Sciences 53(6) (2008) 1257-1272. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00852.x; or C.N. Stephan, E.K. Simpson, Facial soft tissue depths in craniofacial identification (Part II): An analytical review of the published sub-adult data, Journal of Forensic Sciences 53(6) (2008) 1273-1279. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00853.x; and c. In-text references to: T.W.P.T. Hona, C.N. Stephan, Global facial soft tissue thicknesses for craniofacial identification (2023): a review of 140 years of data since Welcker’s first study, International Journal of Legal Medicine 138 (2024) 519-535. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-023-03087-x
	BodyPlot	In-text references to: C.N. Stephan, R. Priesler, O. Bulut, M.B. Bennett, Turning the tables of sex distinction in craniofacial identification: why females possess thicker facial soft tissues than males, not vice versa, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 161 (2016) 283-295. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23029
	EasyECD	In-text references to: a. Walsh S, Liu F, Ballantyne KN, van Oven M, Lao O, Kayser M. IrisPlex: A sensitive DNA tool for accurate prediction of blue and brown eye colour in the absence of ancestry information. Forensic Science International: Genetics 2011;5(3):170-80; and b. Rollo RF, Ovenden JR, Dudgeon CL, Bennett MB, Tucker K, Stephan CN. (2018) The Utility of the IrisPlex System for Estimating Iris Colour of Australians from their DNA. In preparation.
	QuickCapture	In-text references to: a. Claude, J (2008) Morphometrics with R. Springer: New York; and b. C. Stephan, P. Guyomarc'h, Quantification of perspective-induced shape change of clavicles at radiography and 3D scanning to assist human identification, Journal of Forensic Sciences 59(2) (2014) 447-453. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12325.
	PerspectiveX	In-text references to one of the following (depends on which one applies): a. C. Stephan, Perspective distortion in craniofacial superimposition: logarithmic decay curves mapped mathematically and by practical experiment, Forensic Science International 257 (2015) e1-e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.09.009 and/or b. C.N. Stephan, Estimating the skull-to-camera distance from facial photographs for craniofacial superimposition, Journal of Forensic Sciences 62(4) (2017) 850-860. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13353
	Skelet-o-matic 3.0	In-text references to: a. Stephan CN and Healy. (2025) Skelet-o-matic 3.0: A Python Shiny app for auto-filled, digital, homunculi images. www.CRANIOFACIALidentification.com; and b. Buikstra JE and Ubelaker DH. (1994) Standards: For Data Collection from Human Skeletal Remains, Arkansas Archeology Society, Fayetteville, Arkansas; and c. Holland T, Byrd J, and Sava V. (2008) Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory, in: Warren MM, Walsh-Haney HA and Freas L. (eds) The Forensic Anthropology Laboratory, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 47-63.
	SkullProfiler	In-text references to the following four manuscripts: a. J.M. Caple, J.E. Byrd, C.N. Stephan, The utility of elliptical Fourier analysis for estimating ancestry and sex from lateral skull photographs, Forensic Science International 289 (2018) 352-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.06.009 and b. J.M. Caple, J.E. Byrd, C.N. Stephan, Elliptical Fourier analysis: fundamentals, applications, and value for forensic anthropology, International Journal of Legal Medicine 131(6) (2017) 1675-1690. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-017-1555-0; and c. Claude, J (2008) Morphometrics with R. Springer: New York; and d. C.N. Stephan, P. Guyomarc'h, Quantification of perspective-induced shape change of clavicles at radiography and 3D scanning to assist human identification, Journal of Forensic Sciences 59(2) (2014) 447-453. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12325.
	SkullXtremes	In-text references to: a. J. Caple, C.N. Stephan, Photo-Realistic Statistical Skull Morphotypes: New Exemplars for Ancestry and Sex Estimation in Forensic Anthropology, Journal of Forensic Sciences 62(3) (2017) 562-572. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13314; and b. B. Tiddeman, M. Burt, D. Perrett, Computer graphics in facial perception research, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 21(5) (2001) 42-50.
	Skull Averages by Caple & Stephan	In-text references to: a. J. Caple, C.N. Stephan, Photo-Realistic Statistical Skull Morphotypes: New Exemplars for Ancestry and Sex Estimation in Forensic Anthropology, Journal of Forensic Sciences 62(3) (2017) 562-572. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13314; and b. B. Tiddeman, M. Burt, D. Perrett, Computer graphics in facial perception research, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 21(5) (2001) 42-50.
	TraumaVision	In-text references to: C.N. Stephan, J.M. Caple, J. Atkins, J. Lynch, B. Meikle, W. Fisk, Skeletal Evidence of Sharp–Force Disarticulation and Tissue Flensing in 54 Cases Exhibiting Approximately 4,200 Bone Strike Injuries, in: A. Ross, E. Cuhna (Eds.), Dismemberments: Perspectives in Forensic Anthropology and Legal Medicine, Academic Press, London, 2019, pp. 133-154.
	TDStats	In-text references to: a. C.N. Stephan, TDStats—A fast standardized capability for facial soft tissue thickness analysis in R, Forensic Science International 289 (2018) 304-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.05.039 or C.N. Stephan, E.K. Simpson, J.E. Byrd, Facial soft tissue depth statistics and enhanced point estimators for craniofacial identification: The debut of the shorth and the 75-shormax, Journal of Forensic Sciences 58(6) (2013) 1439-1457. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12252.
	TDStats Output Zip Files from the latest C-Table	In-text references to: a. C.N. Stephan, E.K. Simpson, J.E. Byrd, Facial soft tissue depth statistics and enhanced point estimators for craniofacial identification: The debut of the shorth and the 75-shormax, Journal of Forensic Sciences 58(6) (2013) 1439-1457. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12252; and b. In-text references to all relevant contributors to the C-Table in the form of their original manuscript publications (see C-Table contributor list); and c. In-text references to: C.N. Stephan, E.K. Simpson, Facial soft tissue depths in craniofacial identification (Part I): An analytical review of the published adult data, Journal of Forensic Sciences 53(6) (2008) 1257-1272. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00852.x
	TDValidator	In-text references to: C.N. Stephan, B. Meikle, N. Freudenstein, R. Taylor, P. Claes, Facial soft tissue thicknesses in craniofacial identification: Data collection protocols and associated measurement errors, Forensic Science International 304 (2019) 109965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109965