[Zoobank-list] RE: ZooBank Data Objects

[Faunaplan at aol.com]

Thanks for all those detailed new info! 
>From explanations and examples given it seems clear that a GUID supported 
naming scheme needs to be more inclusive, not being restricted to nomenclatural 
acts as traditionally governed by the Code. 
So why not divide the issue in two chapters:

- one related to ZooBank's "realm", - i.e., Code-compliant, available 
zoological names. 
- another one comprising all those "name instances" (incl. misspellings, 
misidentified names, in litteris names) as they occur in off- and online 
publications, on specimen labels, etc.
The latter "realm" may be better governed by other initiatives like uBio? (or 
GBIF's "Electronic Catalogue of Names"?) that are already collecting ALL 
names, including names of bacteria, plants, etc. and even including vernacular 
names?
I'd like to give urgent priority to the first chapter, the second chapter 
could be written as a long-term step-by-step process which may even lead to a 
better co-ordination of the realms of botany, zoology, bacteriology...

In my opinion, one of the functions of ZooBank that is most urgently needed 
is to serve as a reliable register of all AVAILABLE names in zoology. As you 
know, currently we even don't have a reliable list that tells us which genus- or 
family-group names are already pre-occupied! Nomenclator Zoologicus and 
Zoological Record are excellent springboards for a search but they are incomplete 
and do not provide information about availability of names etc. 

Best wishes,
Wolfgang   

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