[CPN] Fwd: Online publication. Yes, again.

[Cantino, Philip]

I think there is wide agreement that we need to update the publication rules in the PhyloCode (preferably before it is implemented, in my opinion) to accommodate electronic publication.  Nico has agreed to draft a set of rules for consideration by the CPN.  She is familiar with the relevant revisions in the botanical code, and I just forwarded David M's message to her, in case she is not already aware of the analogous changes in the zoological code.  Nico has a lot of experience in bioinformatics, so she is an ideal person to take on this task.  However, she is very busy this month and therefore will not be able to work on it until October.  She will probably be in contact with a few other ISPN members to form a small committee to work with her on this.

Phil


Begin forwarded message:

From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic at gmx.at<mailto:david.marjanovic at gmx.at>>
Date: September 9, 2012 7:32:05 AM EDT
To: Committee on Phylogenetic Nomenclature <cpn at listserv.ohio.edu<mailto:cpn at listserv.ohio.edu>>
Subject: [CPN] Online publication. Yes, again.

Following the botanical Code, the zoological Code was amended a few days
ago to allow online publication under certain conditions. These
amendments have already taken effect. The whole thing is explained and
reproduced here: http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/3944/

Important points:

-- Publication on CD/DVD/BluRay will no longer be allowed from 2013
onwards. "8.4.1. Works printed on paper. Before 1986 and after 2012, the
only acceptable means of producing physical copies is by printing on
paper using ink or toner."
-- Online publication must result in "8.1.3.2. widely accessible
electronic copies with fixed content and layout.
Example: PDF/A (Portable Document Format Archive), described by ISO
Standard 19005-1:2005, is a file format that allows content and layout
to be preserved unchanged."
-- The date of publication must be stated in the work itself.
-- The work (not necessarily the name or nomenclatural act; but the
work) must be registered in ZooBank, which is now also called the
"Official Register of Zoological Nomenclature", before it is published.
Evidence that registration has occurred must be included in the work itself.
-- "8.5.3.1. The entry in the Official Register of Zoological
Nomenclature must give the name and Internet address of an organization
other than the publisher that is intended to permanently archive the
work in a manner that preserves the content and layout, and is capable
of doing so. This information is not required to appear in the work itself."
-- "8.5.3.2. The entry in the Official Register of Zoological
Nomenclature must give an ISBN for the work or an ISSN for the journal
containing the work. The number is not required to appear in the work
itself." It must, however, be mentioned in the ZooBank entry.
-- "21.9. Works issued on paper and electronically. A name or
nomenclatural act published in a work issued in both print and
electronic editions takes its date of publication from the edition that
first fulfilled the criteria of publication of Article 8 and is not
excluded by Article 9."

Finally, options for dealing with the future are kept open:
"8.6. New methods of publication and archiving. The Commission may issue
Declarations to clarify whether new or unconventional methods of
production, distribution, formatting or archiving can produce works that
are published in the meaning of the Code."

I like all of these. Because it is described by an ISO Standard, PDF/A
will not disappear if Adobe goes bankrupt or something, nor even if
silicon chips are replaced by quantum computers or who knows what.
Furthermore, PDF is designed for ease of printing. All this minimizes
the concern that a special device is needed to read it, as is clearly
the case with "optical discs".

The advantages of online publication are manifest; I think we should
join the bandwagon. After all, the PhyloCode was online years before the
ICZN was.
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