ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion

[Judy Howcroft]

> The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 4th Edition Draft
> for Discussion, along with Explanatory Notes, is now available online.
>
> The Draft Code itself is available in three formats:
>
>    1) plain ASCII text,
>    2) Postscript (very large file!), and
>    3) Postscript in a PKZIP file (significantly smaller than the
>       raw Postscript version; you need PKUNZIP to decompress it).
>
> MAKE SURE to retrieve the Explanatory Notes also; they contain
> important information from the Commission about the Draft Code.


As a service to the European systematic community, in addition to
retrieving these files from  the muse sites (as detailed in a recent
posting by Peter Rauch), they can also be accessed via the Zoological
Record gopher and www servers in the UK, as follows:-

Using a www client, go to URL http://www.york.biosis.org/
and follow the menu choice:
    International Code of Zoological Nomenclature


Using gopher, go to  macdui.york.biosis.org
and follow the menu choice:
    International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 4th Edition
        discussion draft

to arrive at:

 1.  ICZN 4th Edition Covering Statement (ACSII text)
 2.  ICZN 4th Edition Explanatory Notes (ASCII text)
 3.  ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (PostScript, 3.4 M)
 4.  ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (Postscript, zipped, 800K)
 5.  ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (ASCII text, 250K)

It should be noted that 1. and 2. are ascii text files as produced by
the Secretariat of the International Commission on Zoological
Nomenclature, London, whereas 3. 4. and 5. are versions prepared in
the US for members and supporters of the American Association for
Zoological Nomenclature to ensure wide and quick dissemination on the
internet, and which may differ in some small respects from the hard
copy version of the draft Code available from the ICZN in London
(contact: The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature,
c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK)






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Judith Howcroft                          jhowcroft at york.biosis.org
Special Projects Manager
Biosis UK
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