[Taxacom] ZooBank website

[Jason Mate]

A think that a Wiki site would work much better in the long run. I have 
checked the Aphodius listing and it is a mess simply because you have to 
know what you are databasing.

Jason


>From: Geoff Read <g.read at niwa.co.nz>
>Reply-To: g.read at niwa.co.nz
>To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>Subject: Re: [Taxacom] ZooBank website
>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:41:40 +1200
>
>Karin Kiontke wrote:
> > Generally, I also agree that it is very unfortunate that the source
> > of these names is cited by the title of a publication. I have no
> > access to the Zoological Record
>
>We are currently simply looking at a copy of the "Index to Organism
>Names (ION)" interface & data as already at Thomson BIOSIS.  The
>seemingly random output of just some of the possible titles,  with no
>author, no date, no source, is presumably all they are willing to
>provide to non-subscribers.
>
>Once upon a time what you got from ION as output was all the Zoo Record
>volumes (within the computerised span of years) where the animal name
>appeared. With access to a print Zoo Rec one could easily check for free
>the usefulness of the mentions.
>
>How I wish I could click on the button for Zoo Record access and get
>some citations, even if error-ridden!
>
>
>--
>    Geoff Read <g.read at niwa.co.nz>
>     http://www.annelida.net/
>
>
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