[Zoobank-list] Re: GBIF GUID Workshop Report

[Faunaplan at aol.com]

>>It was obvious that the workshop organizers and participants want the 
zoological community to participate in this process, ideally speaking as "one 
voice" represented by ZooBank/ICZN. If we (the zoological community) wish to be a 
part of the development and decision-making process, we need to act SOON.<<

Just wondering:
when botanists and mycologists, with their advanced names catalogues, want to 
proceed with GUIDs, does this mean that we should join before we have even 
started with basic steps like ZooBank?
Maybe it's not a bad idea to just wait and observe how happy they will be 
with assigning GUID-numbers to all pieces of information, including taxonomic 
names.
So far, - at least as far I could observe it from portals like GBIF, -  the 
GUIDs discussion seemed to be in a state of infancy where even the role of 
ICZN, taxonomic concepts, etc. wasn't very clear.
... well, probably I should to get myself updated on the subject (any help 
appreciated!) ...

Cheers,
Wolfgang Lorenz, Tutzing, Germany

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