Re: nomina nuda

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-06-24 16:09:56 EDT, swf@ElSegundoCA.NCR.COM (Stan
Friesen) writes:

>To be more specific, for a name to be "available" under the Rules
>its publication must meet certain criteria. 

Heh, heh. Here are the proposed criteria for the 4th edition, to be published
sometime this year. They may be somewhat modified from the version I've taken
them from:

CHAPTER III. CRITERIA OF PUBLICATION

Article 7. Application.- The provisions of this Chapter apply to the
publication not only of a new scientific name, but also to that of any
nomenclatural act or information likely to affect nomenclature.

Article 8. What constitutes publication.- A work is to be regarded as
published within the meaning of the Code if it complies with the requirements
of this Article and is not excluded by the provisions of Article 9.

{Art. 8}  (a) Criteria to be met.- A work must satisfy the following
criteria:

{Art. 8a} (1) it must be issued publicly for the purpose of providing a
permanent scientific record, 

{Art. 8a} (2) it must be obtainable, when first issued, free of charge or by
purchase, and

{Art. 8a} (3) it must have been produced in an edition containing
simultaneously obtainable copies by a method that assures numerous identical
copies.

{Art. 8} (b) Purpose may be disclaimed.- A work that contains a statement to
the effect that it is not issued for permanent public scientific record, or
that names or acts in it are not for nomenclatural purposes, is not published
within the meaning of the Code.

{Art. 8} (c) Works produced before 1986.- To be published, a work produced
before 1986 must have been produced, when first issued, in ink on paper by
conventional printing, such as letterpress, offset printing, or
hectographing, or by mimeographing.

{Art. 8} (d) Works produced after 1985.- 

{Art. 8d} (i) A work produced after 1985 by a method that does not employ
printing on paper may be accepted as published within the meaning of the Code
if it meets the other requirements of this Article and is not excluded by the
provisions of Article 9.

{Art. 8d} (ii) For a work produced after 1985 by a method other than printing
on paper to be accepted as published within the meaning of the Code, it must
contain a statement by the author that any new name or nomenclatural act
within it is intended for permanent, public, scientific record.

{Art. 8d} (iii) For a work produced after 1985 by a method other than
printing on paper to satisfy the criterion of Section a(3) that it was
produced in an edition containing simultaneously obtainable copies, the
relevant information must be given in words in the work itself.

{Art. 8} (e) Works produced after 1996.- A work that meets the requirements
of this Article and is published after 1996, but has not been scanned for new
names by the Zoological Record, or submitted to the Zoological Record for
scanning, remains published within the meaning of the Code, but a new name
proposed within it is not made available in that work (Art. 11b).

{Art. 8} (f) Status of suppressed works.- A work that has been suppressed by
the Commission by use of the plenary power (Art. 79) and that satisfies the
provisions of this Article remains publisheich a new name can be made
available, or in which a nomenclatural act (such as the fixation of a name
bearing-type or the selection of precedence under Article 24) can be made.

Recommendation 8A. Wide dissemination.- As well as being obliged to ensure
that new names proposed by them after 1996 are entered into the Zoological
Record (see Article 11b), authors have a responsibility to ensure that new
scientific names, nomenclatural
acts, and information likely to affect nomenclature are made widely known.
This responsibility is most easily discharged by publication in appropriate
scientific journals or well-known monographic series.

Recommendation 8B. Desirability of hard copy.- Authors are strongly urged to
ensure that a new scientific name or nomenclaural act is first published in a
work produced on paper.

Recommendation 8C. Responsibilities of authors, editors and publishers.-
Authors, editors and publishers have a responsibility to ensure that works
containing new names, nomenclatural acts, or information likely to affect
nomenclature are self-evidently
published within the meaning of the Code. Editors and publishers should
ensure that works contain the date of publication, and information where they
may be obtained. If the work is not already included in the list of works
scanned by the Zoological Record, a
statement should be included that the work will be submitted (see Article
11b).

Recommendation 8D. Inclusion of disclaimers.- Editors and publishers should
avoid including new names and the information that would make names
available, or new nomenclatural acts, in works that are not published for the
permanent public scientific
record (such as pre-symposium abstracts, or notices of papers to be delivered
at a meeting). They should ensure that such documents contain a disclaimer,
so that new names published for the first time therein do not enter
zoological nomenclature unintentionally and preempt intended publication in
another work.

Article 9. What does not constitute publication.- Notwithstanding the
provisions of Article 8, none of the following procedures or acts constitutes
publication within the meaning of the Code:

{Art. 9} (1) after 1930 handwriting reproduced as such by any process;

{Art. 9} (2) photographs as such except, in works first issued after 1985,
microcards and microfiche;

{Art. 9} (3) photocopies as such (e.g., electrostatic or xerographic
reproductions) unless such a method is used to produce a work first issued
after 1985 that satisfies the criteria of Article 8;

{Art. 9} (4) microfilm;

{Art. 9} (5) proof sheets;

{Art. 9} (6) computer printouts as such;

{Art. 9} (7) acoustic recordings as such made by any method;

{Art. 9} (8) material distributed only to colleagues or students, even if
printed;

{Art. 9} (9) labelling of a specimen;

{Art. 9} (10) mention at a meeting;

{Art. 9} (11) deposit of a document (e.g., a thesis) in a collection of
documents, a library, or other archive;
 or
{Art. 9} (12) abstracts of articles, papers, posters, lectures, etc., of
meetings, symposia, colloquia, congresses, etc., only for distribution to
participants, even if obtainable by non-participants.