[Taxacom] Proposed ICZN amendments on electronic publishing

[Doug Yanega]

Rod Page wrote:

>GenBank doesn't have to worry in part because their data are mirrored 
>in Japan and Europe (so it isn't entirely centralised), and because 
>the data is freely available for bulk download (and terrabytes are 
>downloaded each month), even if those three centres go up in smoke, 
>the data is massively replicated in labs across the planet.  Lots of
>copies keeps stuff safe.

That leaves my fundamental question unanswered: why can't taxonomists 
do the same thing, and therefore be paper-free AND free from worry, 
just like GenBank?

Peace,
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Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
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