23 mars 2007

ZooBank: The World Register of Animal Names

Thompson Zoological (de som står bakom Zoological Record) har startat ZooBank: The World Register of Animal Names . Ännu bara en prototyp men släpps senare i år i full skala.
" The aim of ZooBank is to provide an online, open-access, register for new animal names and taxonomic acts in zoology. Although the idea of a register of animal names is not a new one, ZooBank grew recently out of discussions between zoologists around the world and was first proposed by 29 authors in a paper in Nature, September 2005. At the same time a dedicated discussion list was launched at http://list.afriherp.org/mailman/listinfo/zoobank-list ZooBank has received international favourable publicity in the popular and science press."

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