electronic publication

[Tom Parker]

Neal Evenhuis wrote:
>
> On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Robert H. Cowie wrote:
>
> > Following my earlier posting regarding electronic publication of new
> > species, I came across the following interchange via the BUGNET list. Any
> > further thoughts?
>
> With regard to web-based journals and new species:
>
> The problem of web-based "publications" with regard to the ICZN Code is
> that they do not provide "multiple simultaneously obtainable copies". The
> web, as with Dissertation International, and a few other media sources,
> have products that are published on-demand rather than simultaneously
> available.
>
> CD-ROMs and other similar types of electronic media are only available
> when they are produced so as to be simultaneously available. Since they
> are not specifically mentioned in Art 9 (and they weren't considered when
> the 1985 code was written!), they are not excluded from being a validly
> published medium.
>
> Neal
>
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Greetings Again:

For some other comments on web publishing see the Nature article Feb 5
at <http://helix.nature.com/webmatters/invisible.html>

bye for now,

T. Parker