Hi Nico, I think that the appropriate thing to do is for someone to propose a standard for phylogenetic nomenclature that we can all put into our various standards that use names (nearly all of the other standards). That way those with expertise in the phylocode are helping us include the things we need to include. I know that would help with the literature standard that I am working on.
Cheers, Anna
Anna L. Weitzman, PhD Botanical and Biodiversity Informatics Research National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution
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________________________________________ From: tdwg-content-bounces@lists.tdwg.org [tdwg-content-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] On Behalf Of Nico Cellinese [ncellinese@flmnh.ufl.edu] Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 1:09 PM To: tdwg-content@lists.tdwg.org Subject: [tdwg-content] DwC review: comments
Hello,
I am kind of late with this but I think still in time to drop a couple of comments about nomenclature before the review deadline. I think that phylogenetic nomenclature is not well accounted for. Clade names could be well accommodated right now, however, the types of phylogenetic definitions are not (node-based, branch-based, apomorphy- based and variations). There could be a few options on how to handle these (e.g., with annotations) , but I wanted to make sure that there is a will to take the PhyloCode into consideration. The phylogenetics community is using these names that are now slowly being published. Next year, after the Code will be published, many more names will be formally recognized and used in databases. This issue will have to be faced at some point, so why not right away. Any comments on this? Thanks!
Cheers, Nico
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Nico Cellinese, Ph.D. Assistant Curator, Herbarium & Informatics Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
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