Re: [dinosaur] PhyloCode was Re: "Yunyangosaurus" is not available

[Mike Taylor <sauropoda@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 14:45, David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote:
> > > 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=Hq_wWYCC5OaCAFNVHDpIKE9c5lQ2PWPHCeET-ucuJz8&s=8wx9B5UgXFp6fwSytUZshHnHGod4Ccspul1Rz9YyqOs&e=
>
> That's version 4 of the PhyloCode, dating from 2010. Version 6, the one about 
> to be implemented, _will_ allow electronic publication.

Well, that is good to know. But it DOES clearly state that it's
"CURRENT DRAFT" (top left of the page 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=Utkw48eTmH7GafmGelgBkJa6M9Rz3zpohDxCT1Oegww&s=vJs7bcz-QANgomf2V40O5LujpCKZvKY_iyXnqvHr7Z0&e=
 )

> Version 5 has only been published as a pdf on phylonames.org, not as HTML, 
> probably because Mike Keesey hasn't had time to convert it. Version 6, which 
> I saw over a year ago, is still secret for, presumably, some reason; perhaps 
> the publisher is jealous or something.

Dear lord. This whole projects seems to be actively seeking out new
and exciting ways to screw up.

Aside from anything else, it means that EVERY SINGLE ENTRY in the
PhyloNyms volume â assuming that does eventually come out â will have
been written by people who didn't know what the code was that their
entries were trying to implement.

-- Mike.