Re: [dinosaur] "Yunyangosaurus" is not available

[Mike Taylor <sauropoda@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 20:00, David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote:
>> is not necessary for the ICZN to be followed. The ICZN is, in many
>> ways, lingering in the 19th century, and it serves us well to look
>> towards the future. With looming publication of "PhyloCode" and its
>> rules, we can instead shift towards PhyloCode compliance rather than
>> ICZN, which is more permissive of digital media as publications.
>
> The PhyloCode â which is going to be formally published this year; join the 
> society! â will not be retroactive. And no, the PhyloCode will not be more 
> permissive of digital media. It will, further, require registration for 
> absolutely all names, no matter where they're published; registration of ICZN 
> names is currently optional if they're published on paper.

It's even worse than that. The PhyloCode DOES NOT RECOGNISE electronic
publication. At all. See ythe Code itself, chapter 4, articles 4.2 and
4.3, at 
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ohio.edu_phylocode_art4-2D5.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=lkhu9pNWjyBoO-_5OAPlWV06yrsweTe0-07iBog35oc&s=lDKO6kvQBoj2rdvc7aexLoZijFQr0CqAMWbY_bgAJUs&e=
 

"Publication, under this code, is defined as distribution of text (but
not sound), with or without images. To qualify as published, works
must be peer-reviewed, consist of numerous (at least 50 copies),
simultaneously obtainable, identical, durable, and unalterable copies,
some of which are distributed to major institutional libraries (in at
least five countries on three continents) [...] The following do not
qualify as publication: (a) dissemination of text or images solely
through electronic communication networks (such as the Internet)."

I first pointed this out ten years ago
(https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__svpow.com_2010_06_14_i-2Donly-2Djust-2Drealised-2Dthe-2Ddraft-2Dphylocode-2Ddoes-2Dnot-2Drecognise-2Delectronic-2Dpublication_&d=DwIFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=lkhu9pNWjyBoO-_5OAPlWV06yrsweTe0-07iBog35oc&s=2LxLK-Wl5QEoa4aNimQ6XcQWo9ZJE0joWHxS-tkZS7Q&e=
 ),
and am astonished that it seems STILL to be true.

-- Mike.