[tdwg-content] [tdwg-tag] Inclusion of authorship in DwC scientificName: good or bad?

[Jim Croft]

There is no reason why scientific names should be 'formatted' at all,
other than common stylistic practice and editorial policy that text
fro foreign languages are italicized (or romanized if the body is
italics).

Having said that, I like the visual appeal and gravitas of scientific
names in italics. :)

Jim

On Friday, November 19, 2010, "Markus Döring (GBIF)" <mdoering at gbif.org> wrote:
> Although useful to some degree there should be NO formatting tags inside any of the name terms.
> Formatting can currently only be done via the atomised bits or parsing.
>
> Markus
>
>
> On Nov 19, 2010, at 12:37, Jonathan Giddy wrote:
>
>> On 19/11/10 11:15, John van Breda wrote:
>>> I'm coming in a bit late on this conversation so I hope I am not repeating
>>> what has already been said, but botanical names can also have authorship at
>>> both specific and infraspecific levels, e.g.
>>> Centaurea apiculata Ledeb. ssp. adpressa (Ledeb.) Dostál
>>>
>>> And to make it even more complex, you can have subspecies variants, so 2
>>> infraspecific levels, e.g.
>>> Centaurea affinis Friv. ssp. affinis var. Affinis
>>>
>>> Atomising this properly could be quite complex but necessary to be able to
>>> present the name as it should be written with italics in the correct place.
>>> E.g. in the example above, the author string and rank strings are not
>>> normally italiced, but the rest of the name is. Unless we can include this
>>> formatting information in dwc:scientificName?
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: tdwg-content-bounces at lists.tdwg.org
>>> [mailto:tdwg-content-bounces at lists.tdwg.org] On Behalf Of "Markus Döring
>>> (GBIF)"
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there really anything we are missing?
>>>
>>>
>> I'd like to back this "requirement" up. It would be useful to record
>> which name parts should be emphasised (italicized), so that a human
>> editor or smart software can apply the appropriate Code, and less-smart
>> software such as browser Javascript can display the name correctly
>> formatted.
>>
>> Jon.
>>
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