[Taxacom] Genus Hamadryas Hübner, 1806 (or 1808)

[Paul Kirk]

Paul, Tony,

There is a glossary of bionomenclature available and GBIF are building on this to provide an ontology for this domain (amongs others).

In haste,

Paul

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Sent: 16 March 2010 08:33
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Subject: Re: [Taxacom]Genus Hamadryas Hübner, 1806 (or 1808)

Van: Tony.Rees at csiro.au [mailto:Tony.Rees at csiro.au]
Verzonden: di 16-3-2010 0:42

Dear Paul,

I have no problem with implementing improvements to my system as errors or deficiencies are pointed out. With respect to the statement that previously read " Invalid name (rejected work, refer ICZN Index)", against 325 names at this time (not yet a complete listing), I have changed this to "No nomenclatural status (included in a rejected work, refer ICZN Index)", presuming that this is correct, and that no shorter terminology is applicable.

I am of course aware of the view of some that biodiversity informatics is "the branch that goes into databases to harvest text strings which it then uses to create confusion about biodiversity". Actually I do not think that my activities fall into that category, but I will leave the judgement of that to others :)

Best regards - Tony

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Yes, that looks like a distinct improvement! As to the best terminology, that is not an easy question, not only depending on the question of who the users of the database are, but complicated by the fact that the database operates across nomenclature Codes.

"Invalid name" is formally defined in the zoological Code, but it is sometimes also used for botanical names, although only informally: it then means something different. 
I suppose there are two options: either follow the terminology of the relevant Code exactly (while indicating what is the relevant Code), which will be hard on most users, or to use informal, unambiguous terms (such as "accepted" or "current", versus "not accepted" or "not current", and "not a formal name" or "not a scientific name"). Feedback by users should help find the optimum.

Paul

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