[CPN] next set of CBM-related proposals

[Michel Laurin]

I also like it because given that we don't deal with species, and given 
the ontological ambiguity on species in general, I would minimze 
reliance on this name on our code.

Michel

On 28/10/12 16:57, Cantino, Philip wrote:
> Kevin,
> What do you think of Mike Keesey's suggestion?  It looks fine to me.
> Phil
>
> On Oct 28, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Mike Keesey wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Cantino, Philip <cantino at ohio.edu> wrote:
>>> Dear CPN members,
>>>
>>> It has taken a couple of weeks, but Kevin and I have finally worked through
>>> David's suggestions, some of which we have led to changes in the attached
>>> revision of the proposals I initially sent you on Sept. 24.  I have inserted
>>> our responses below after each of David's comments.
>>>
>>> I would like to take a vote on this set of changes soon (i.e., the set of
>>> proposals I sent you on Sept. 24 plus the modifications contained here).  If
>>> David or anyone else has further comments, please send them to the listserv
>>> by the end of the end of the day on Sunday (Oct. 28).  If there is no
>>> further discussion calling for more changes, I think we could go ahead and
>>> vote on these starting on Monday.  If anyone feels this is not sufficient
>>> time to review the changes, please let me know and we can delay the vote by
>>> a few days.
>> Thanks for putting this together, Kevin and Phil.
>>
>> The changes look good to me. There is one minor tweak I would suggest
>> in the Glossary:
>>
>> CURRENT:
>> taxon (taxa). A taxonomic group of organisms. In this code, taxa may
>> be clades or species, but only clade names are governed by this code.
>>
>> PROPOSED REVISION:
>> taxon (taxa). A group of organisms or species considered a potential
>> recipient of a scientific name. Taxa may be clades or species, but
>> only clade names are governed by this code.
>>
>> Definitely an improvement, but I don't think it's necessary to
>> explicitly mention species here. I suggest this wording:
>>
>> taxon (taxa). A group of organisms considered a potential recipient of
>> a scientific name. This code only governs the names of monophyletic
>> taxa (clades).
>>
>>
>> T. Michael Keesey
>> http://tmkeesey.net/
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