Hi Emilio,
 
And again: read: the proposed says "AFTER 1999", so, not valid in 1999.
Still have to wait at least 9and a half month.
 
Gijs
 
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> Van: ejpower <[log in to unmask]>
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> Onderwerp: More on taxo
> Datum: dinsdag 16 maart 1999 16:56
>
> Hello!
>
> Hi,
>
> My previous post stated 10 disks must be placed with institutions.
> This is incorrect it is 5 disks.
>
> The PROPOSED ICZN changes for 1999 for publication of new taxa is as
> follows:
>
> Changes affecting publication
>
>    9.A work not printed on paper (e.g., on a laser disk) issued after
> 1999 in numerous identical and
>      durable copies may be regarded as published if supplemented by
> identical copies deposited in at
>      least 5 named and publicly accessible libraries.
>   10.For purposes of zoological nomenclature, the following kinds of
> material will be regarded as
>      unpublished:
>
>           (a) electronically distributed text or illustrations;
>           (b) down-loaded copies or printouts of such material;
>           (c) abstracts of papers, posters, lectures, etc., issued to
> participants at congresses, symposia
>           and other meetings but not otherwise published;
>           (d) separates (reprints or offprints) distributed after 1999
> in advance of the date of
>           publication specified in the work of which the separate forms
> part, but preprints
>           incorporating their own date of distribution may be published
> works.
>
> end of ICZN stuff.
>
> Though the internet is not yet mentioned (more like ignored by not
> mentioning) it will be used, soon, mark my words, for scientific
> publications. Not addressing the internet is akin to sticking your head
> in the sand or "out of sight out of mind". Once the "older"
> conservatives retire the modern young turks will draft internet
> publication guidelines.
>
> Later,
>
> Emilio Jorge Power