[Tcs-lc] Name of NomenCode

[Richard Pyle]

I have to say that I am still not comfortable with the idea of treating it
as "Locale".  To me, this is "Language", or "Dialect", or perhaps even
"grammar" -- but none of those words quite captures the role of the Codes of
Nomenclature.

To me, the codes are more fundamental than this.  In fact, I think it is a
mistake to treat the different editions (3rd, 4th/Tokyo, St. Loius/etc.) of
each Code differently.  The "NomenCode" (or whatever it's called) should
represent the "Domain" of scientific names, and different versions of each
Code do not constitute different domains.  Each zoological name should exist
as a name object only once unde ICZN.  Alternative versions of the name as
they would appear under alternate versions of the Code should be treated as
orthographic variants.  We should only concern ourselves with the "current
version" of each Code.

Rich

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:tcs-lc-bounces at ecoinformatics.org]On Behalf Of Nozomi Ytow
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 9:10 PM
> To: tcs-lc at ecoinformatics.org
> Subject: [Tcs-lc] Name of NomenCode
>
>
> > Other ideas?
>
> 7. Locale
>
> Note that Locale mechanism also supports versioning,
> e.g. ICBN at Tokyo or ICZN at 4ed.
>
> Because we need locale more than rather simple locales
> such as en_GB, it should be an element.
>
> Cheers,
> JMS
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