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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear TDWG-persons,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I note that DwC &quot;scientificName&quot;
as defined at <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#scientificName">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#scientificName</a>
&nbsp;is supposed to include authorship, however this can also be supplied
separately in the field &quot;scientificNameAuthorship&quot;. Under that
scenario, should authorship be also included in the scientificName field, or
omitted?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I can see arguments either way for this -
if the authorship is included in the same field as the rest of the scientific
name, then that single value is more meaningful and better for e.g. homonym
disambiguation. On the other hand, it then requires parsing to get the
scientific name without the authority, which if done incorrectly could
introduce errors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Any advice from the persons designing or
using this field for data exchange would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Regards - Tony<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tony Rees<br>
Manager, Divisional Data Centre,<br>
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric&nbsp;Research,<br>
GPO </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><ns0:address w:insAuthor="Rees, Tony (CMAR, Hobart)"
 w:insDate="2010-11-18T14:27:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Rees, Tony (CMAR, Hobart)"
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  w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Box</span></font></st1:Street></ns0:Street></st1:address><font
 color=navy><span style='color:navy'> 1538,</span></font></ns0:address><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><ns0:place w:insAuthor="Rees, Tony (CMAR, Hobart)"
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  color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Hobart</span></font></ns0:City><font
 color=navy><span style='color:navy'>, </span></font><ns0:State
  w:insAuthor="Rees, Tony (CMAR, Hobart)" w:insDate="2010-11-18T14:27:00Z"
  w:endInsAuthor="Rees, Tony (CMAR, Hobart)" w:endInsDate="2010-11-18T14:27:00Z"><font
  color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Tasmania</span></font></ns0:State></ns0:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> 7001, </span></font><ns0:country-region
 w:insAuthor="Rees, Tony (CMAR, Hobart)" w:insDate="2010-11-18T14:27:00Z"
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  w:insAuthor="Rees, Tony (CMAR, Hobart)" w:insDate="2010-11-18T14:27:00Z"
  w:endInsAuthor="Rees, Tony (CMAR, Hobart)" w:endInsDate="2010-11-18T14:27:00Z"><font
  color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Australia</span></font></ns0:place></ns0:country-region><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><br>
Ph: 0362 325318 (Int: +61 362 325318)<br>
Fax: 0362 325000 (Int: +61 362 325000)</span></font></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>e-mail: <a
href="mailto:Tony.Rees@csiro.au" title="mailto:Tony.Rees@csiro.au">Tony.Rees@csiro.au</a><br>
Manager, OBIS Australia regional node, <a href="http://www.obis.org.au/">http://www.obis.org.au/</a><br>
Biodiversity informatics research activities: <a
href="http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/biodiversity.htm">http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/biodiversity.htm</a><br>
Personal info:&nbsp;<a
href="http://www.fishbase.org/collaborators/collaboratorsummary.cfm?id=1566"
title="http://www.fishbase.org/collaborators/collaboratorsummary.cfm?id=1566">http://www.fishbase.org/collaborators/collaboratorsummary.cfm?id=1566</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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