WEAR Institute is committed to preserving historical anthropometric data and making these valuable research resources accessible to researchers, educators, product designers, manufacturers, and other professionals.
Anthropometric measurements describe observable physical characteristics of the human body. Individual measurements are factual observations and are not, by themselves, patentable inventions or protected by copyright.
WEAR does not claim exclusive ownership of the underlying human measurements. Our role is to preserve, maintain, curate, document, and distribute datasets so they remain accessible and useful.
WEAR's collections include historical survey data that have been recovered, converted, standardized, consolidated, and documented.
Our work includes:
Fees associated with WEAR's datasets support these stewardship, preparation, and distribution services.
WEAR supports broad use of anthropometric data for research, education, product development, engineering, and other lawful purposes.
For datasets that WEAR is authorized to distribute without downstream restrictions, recipients may use, analyze, and redistribute the underlying factual measurements without requiring attribution to WEAR.
We appreciate acknowledgment of WEAR Institute as the source of the curated files, although attribution is not required for those unrestricted factual measurements.
Some collections may contain third-party materials or be subject to additional licensing, privacy, or contractual conditions. Any such restrictions will be identified in the applicable dataset documentation or distribution terms.
The CAESAR collection is a historical resource containing anthropometric measurements and three-dimensional body scans of adults from North America, Italy, and the Netherlands.
WEAR has reorganized and curated portions of this collection to improve accessibility and usability. For example, the original one-dimensional measurement and demographic files have been consolidated into a single Excel workbook, with standardized labels, consistent formatting, and additional documentation.
These improvements make the collection easier to navigate, interpret, and apply in research and product development.
CAESAR is a name associated with SAE International. WEAR uses the name to identify the historical dataset from which its curated materials are derived. WEAR's organization and presentation of the files should not be interpreted as an endorsement by SAE International.
WEAR's distribution of CAESAR materials remains subject to any applicable third-party rights and distribution agreements.
WEAR believes that historical anthropometric information should be preserved, understood, and used to advance better product fit, sizing, functionality, safety, and sustainability.
Our objective is to support that work through responsible data stewardship, transparent documentation, and practical access to curated research resources.