Electronics vs. Paper

[Eric J. Gouda]

In message Thu, 26 Oct 1995 11:12:45 GMT+0100,
  "Finn N. Rasmussen" <FINNR at BOT.KU.DK>  writes:

> ny new species are published in obscure and inaccessible journals.
> has often been suggested (at least in Botany) that there should be
> st ONE journal for official publishing of new taxa and names.  This
>ould perhaps be too difficult to handle  in practize, but what
> about ONE official mandatory database with descriptions, specimen
> citations and perhaps also illustrations and due references to the
> officially valid paper-publication?

Would be great! Wy don't we start with a special LIST for this purpose as a
start to come to an archive, accessable to the internet community! When a
publication appears, the autor can post the article to this list with a
standard subject description. Each member will receive the articles and can
import them in his own database!

When this is a good idea, I will prepare a LIST at SURFNET for this purpose.
I think the list must serve for these articles only, not for discussions.
Discussions can stay at TAXACOM.

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