[Taxacom] electronic publication only passed in Botany

[Donat Agosti]

Completed version of the language of the amendment to article 29, that
specifies that other format than PDF (PDF/A is recommended in
recommendation 29A proposition A) could be possible.

"Publication is effected (..) Publication is also effected by electronic
distribution of material in Portable Document Format or a successor 
international standard format communicated by the General Committee (PDF,
see also Rec.  29A.0) in a on online serial journal with an International
Standard Serial  Number (ISSN). [no guarantee for the exact language]"

Unfortunately, XML NLM/NCBI DTD has not been mentioned that would allow
data mining and reuse - but then this might come up and be communicated in
the future.

Donat

> At the Nomenclator Section Meeting at the International Botanical Congress
> the decision passed, that e-only publications will be valid as of January
> 2012. The amendment passed by an overwhelming majority, well beyond the
> requested 60% yes vote.
>
> This decision is contingent upon the confirmation by the IBC on Saturday
> July 30.
>
> The language that passed is
> Article 29
> Publication is effected (..) Publication is also effected by electronic
> distribution of material in Portable Document Format (PDF, see also Rec.
> 29A.0) in a on online serial journal with an International Standard Serial
> Number (ISSN). [no guarantee for the exact language]
>
> An amendment to include 10 hard copies has been turned down.
>
> Donat Agosti and Lyubomir Penev
>
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-- 
Dr. Donat Agosti
Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian
Institution

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