[Taxacom] Open review as a wiki
Paul van Rijckevorsel
dipteryx at freeler.nl
Fri Apr 4 03:54:27 CDT 2008
From: <Don.Colless at csiro.au>> I have always (i.e. for 60 years) understood
the citation of author and date to be just that: the author's name and the
year of publication - a guide to the publication, but by no means a formal
citation. In the fields where I have worked, perhaps I've been lucky; but
when I want the original reference, I then go to a catalogue (or, at worst,
the Zoo. Rec.)
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Yes, I agree. The author's name and the year of publication are important
for purposes of homonymy and priority, respectively. Not particularly useful
for bibliography.
If a citation is to be included in a list of references it would be more
useful to include the author whose circumscription is being used, although
even that publication is not all that likely to be less than two years old.
Paul
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