Inkscape est un logiciel libre d\'édition de graphismes vectoriels, doté de capacités similaires à Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw ou Xara X, utilisant le format de fichiers Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) standard du W3C. Les fonctionnalités supportées du format SVG incluent les formes, les chemins, le texte, les marqueurs, les clônes, les canaux alpha, les transformations, les motifs et les groupements. Inkscape supporte également les méta-données Creative Commons, l\'édition de nœuds, les couches, les opérations de chemins complexes, la vectorisation des bitmaps, le texte suivant des chemins, le texte contournant des objets, l\'édition XML directe et beaucoup plus. Il peut importer des formats tels que le Postscript, EPS, JPEG, PNG et TIFF, et exporte en PNG ainsi qu\'en de nombreux formats vectoriels.

Le but principal d\'Inkscape est de créer un outil de dessin puissant et simple d\'utilisation, totalement conforme aux standards XML, SVG et CSS. Nous poursuivons aussi l\'objectif de maintenir une communauté d\'utilisateurs et de développeurs grandissante en utilisant un procédé de développement à la fois ouvert et orienté vers la communauté, et en s\'assurant qu\'Inkscape soit aussi simple à apprendre, à utiliser et à étendre que possible.

1. TYPOLOGICAL CHARTS

Names appended to shape class and Rim/base Typology Codes are purely conventional and for mnemotechnic ore ease-of-use purpose only.

Only the Codes (A, B, C etc. for shapes, 01, 02, 03 etc, for rims and bases) are used within the Database for searching and indexing procedures.

1. Actual dimensions of pots or objects can be obtains from scaled drawings or photographs.

2. « VOLUME » Utility

Any scanned image can be used (preferred format JPEG) : it will be adapted to the scree.

NB: reapetedly loading large images may result in memory managing problems, depending on your system. All images must be provided with a graphic scale. For more accurate results :

• clip unnecessary white space around the profile(s) of the vessel(s) to be meassured,

• set the graphic scale to the maximum dimension of the vessel(s).

1. - Click on « Set Scale », then click both ends of the graphic scale on drawing and enter the lenght in cm corresponding to the number of pixels – confirm by OK.

2. - Click on « Click points », then click the necessary number of points to correctly approximate the inner profile. Points may be clicked on the left or on the right of the axis. Terminate measure by OK.

3. - In order to save a list of successive measurements, click « Save to list » and enter the reference of the measured vessel in the ad hocfield – confirm by OK.

   The list can be viewed, printed or exported as text (e,g,to Excel) by clicking « Print list ».

4. - Resume operations at step (2), if the drawing includes many profiles (at the same scale) to be measured, or at step (1) if the drawing has been changed ...

1. SHAPE CLASS DETERMINATION Utilities

• Please keep in mind that classes as determined from general proportions are only indicative : borderline cases should be decided by the user, according to additional criteria ... such as e.g. Common sense.

• Markers should normally be placed on the outer profile of the vessel.

• For CLOSED SHAPES : marker DO (rim) should be placed on the outer edge of the rim, marker D min. (neck) shoud be placed on the outer profile, at the most restricted point of the neck.

• Other functions are self-explanatory.

1. TYPOLOGICAL CHARTS

Names appended to shape class and Rim/base Typology Codes are purely conventional and for mnemotechnic ore ease-of-use purpose only.

Only the Codes (A, B, C etc. for shapes, 01, 02, 03 etc, for rims and bases) are used within the Database for searching and indexing procedures.

1. Actual dimensions of pots or objects can be obtains from scaled drawings or photographs.

2. « VOLUME » Utility

Any scanned image can be used (preferred format JPEG) : it will be adapted to the scree.

NB: reapetedly loading large images may result in memory managing problems, depending on your system. All images must be provided with a graphic scale. For more accurate results :

• clip unnecessary white space around the profile(s) of the vessel(s) to be meassured,

• set the graphic scale to the maximum dimension of the vessel(s).

1. - Click on « Set Scale », then click both ends of the graphic scale on drawing and enter the lenght in cm corresponding to the number of pixels – confirm by OK.

2. - Click on « Click points », then click the necessary number of points to correctly approximate the inner profile. Points may be clicked on the left or on the right of the axis. Terminate measure by OK.

3. - In order to save a list of successive measurements, click « Save to list » and enter the reference of the measured vessel in the ad hocfield – confirm by OK.

   The list can be viewed, printed or exported as text (e,g,to Excel) by clicking « Print list ».

4. - Resume operations at step (2), if the drawing includes many profiles (at the same scale) to be measured, or at step (1) if the drawing has been changed ...

1. SHAPE CLASS DETERMINATION Utilities

• Please keep in mind that classes as determined from general proportions are only indicative : borderline cases should be decided by the user, according to additional criteria ... such as e.g. Common sense.

• Markers should normally be placed on the outer profile of the vessel.

• For CLOSED SHAPES : marker DO (rim) should be placed on the outer edge of the rim, marker D min. (neck) shoud be placed on the outer profile, at the most restricted point of the neck.

• Other functions are self-explanatory.