[tcs-lc] Next 4 days...

[Paul Kirk]

OK Roger, point taken. However, they should be tracked as part of a name concept objects schema even if the concept is a null concept ('fraid my knowledge of schemas puts me on thin ice here) rather than as part of some Name object schema. Thus 'this [TCS] name is an orthographic variant of this [LC] Name' - if my terminology is clear.

Cheers,

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Hyam
To: tcs-lc at ecoinformatics.org
Sent: 16/03/05 08:27
Subject: Re: [tcs-lc] Next 4 days...

Hi Paul,

Maybe I should say that clearer. I am not proposing that these things be
thought of as nomenclatural Names (with a capital) but we do need to
have them as some sort of object so that we can say "This is an
authographic variant of that". 

So every combination of letters is a name but only some of them are
Names if that makes sense.

Roger



Paul Kirk wrote: 

'fraid I disagree Roger. Under the ICBN there can be only one form
(spelling) of a name - the others are orthographic variants of that ONE
name. It is critical that we can 'account for' (track) these names
variants but to define them as different names is not the logical way to
do that. Under your definition I assume that Homo sapeins and Homo
spaiens and Homo sapens (ad nauseum) are 'new' names? Sounds dangerous
to me. Index Fungorum will eventually assign LSIDs to each name it
indexes but will track orthographic variants outside this function (as
it will missaplications of those names).

There are two responses to your last question - "Hey, you should have
spelt it correctly in the first place" or "The change was mandated by
the current Code".

Still undecided on an option until we reach a decision on what is a
name.

Cheers,

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Hyam
To: tcs-lc at ecoinformatics.org <mailto:tcs-lc at ecoinformatics.org> 
Sent: 16/03/05 08:04
Subject: Re: [tcs-lc] Next 4 days...


Hi Rich,

I go for C. - Different letters or same letters in a different order are

a different name.  But... and this is important. The fact that something

is an authographic variant of another name is a matter of opinion. It
might be an opinion that everyone would agree with but I think it is
still an opinion and should be modeled as such. Some one could come
along at a later date and say "Hey! What happened to my species name?"

Roger





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