TDWG/GBIF GUID-1 Workshop Report

[B.J.Tindall]

Hi Cornelia,
Actually the problems we have are due to the fact that both bacteriology
and virology had a major "clear out" - we have working systems of
registration/indexing, BUT as more of the older literature gets into the
Internet we have to also keep tabs on the nomenclatural (and even
taxonomic) corpses which we buried some time ago.
As for sequence based taxonomies, don't believe all you read ;-) ..... but
that is another story!
Brian


At 09:58 21.02.06 -0500, buchen wrote:
Hi Brian,

 

Brian wrote:

So where is my problem? Easy, if you are going to list ALL names then you
have to comment on whether these names are:

a) of historical value, but have no modern meaning

b) have historical value, but MUST be linked to a "post 1980" name

c) are "adopted" under the Bacteriological Code

 

 

I totally agree with your point.  In virology it is very similar, perhaps
in all taxonomies that are primarily based on sequence analysis versus
morphological/phenotypic characteristics.  I am struggling all the time to
keep the historic perspective in the database, because the old literature
is contains these names.

 

Cornelia

 

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Columbia University

 

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