GenBank & Taxonomical Nomenclature/identification

[Peter Rauch]

Carol,
Can you also address the issue of retaining the history of
identification changes which are made to a sequence (aka a
"specimen")?  It's important to know what name people thought
they were dealing with when they analyzed data and drew
conclusions about the species (i.e., about the name that was
associated with the sequence/specimen at the time they retrieved
the data for analysis).
Peter

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Carol Hotton wrote:
...cut, cut...
> Submitters are indeed allowed to update any data relating to their
> sequences submssions at any time, including of course, taxonomic
> revisions, changes in classification, voucher information, or anything
> else related to the deposited sequence accessions.


> .... The five of us are responsible for maintaining
> an up-to-date classification of the entire range of living organisms,
> and we need all the help we can get!

Maybe we're not talking about the same objects? I thought the
reference was to the specific epithets assigned to a _specimen_,
and whether or not those "determinations" were able to be
revised, and also whether or not the history of the revisions is
kept.

Peter