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Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:15:41 +0200
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
To: PhyloCode mailing list <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Orthography
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_s8KlfhNBSBKtZ9NiXxTgxA) Content-type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable The ICVCN (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTV/rules.html) rules on = orthography are as follows: 3.12 Names for taxa shall be easy to use and easy to remember. = Euphonious names are preferred.=20 Comments: In general, short names are desirable and the number of = syllables should be kept to a minimum.=20 3.13 Subscripts, superscripts, hyphens, oblique bars and Greek letters = may not be used in devising new names.=20 Comments: The Rule is intended to make text unambiguous and easy to = manipulate and its application should often make names more = pronouncable, in agreement with Rule 3.12. Existing names of some = species violate this Rule (e.g. coliphage l ), but international names = of genera and families do not. Isn't something like that an idea for PhyloCode? --Boundary_(ID_s8KlfhNBSBKtZ9NiXxTgxA) Content-type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4912.300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The ICVCN (<A=20 href=3D"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTV/rules.html">http://www.ncbi.nlm.= nih.gov/ICTV/rules.html</A>)=20 rules on orthography are as follows:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <P align=3Djustify>3.12 Names for taxa shall be easy to use and easy to = remember.=20 Euphonious names are preferred. </P><FONT face=3DPalatino size=3D1> <P align=3Djustify></P></FONT><FONT face=3DPalatino size=3D2> <P align=3Djustify>Comments: In general, short names are desirable and = the number=20 of syllables should be kept to a minimum. </P></FONT><FONT = face=3DPalatino size=3D1> <P align=3Djustify></P></FONT><FONT face=3DPalatino size=3D3> <P align=3Djustify>3.13 Subscripts, superscripts, hyphens, oblique bars = and Greek=20 letters may not be used in devising new names. </P></FONT><FONT = face=3DPalatino=20 size=3D1> <P align=3Djustify></P></FONT><FONT face=3DPalatino size=3D3> <P align=3Djustify></FONT><FONT face=3DPalatino size=3D2>Comments: The = Rule is=20 intended to make text unambiguous and easy to manipulate and its = application=20 should often make names more pronouncable, in agreement with Rule 3.12. = Existing=20 names of some species violate this Rule (e.g. coliphage </FONT><FONT = face=3DSymbol=20 size=3D2>l</FONT><FONT face=3DPalatino size=3D2> ), but international = names of genera=20 and families do not.</FONT></P> <P align=3Djustify><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial>Isn't something = like that an=20 idea for PhyloCode?</FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_s8KlfhNBSBKtZ9NiXxTgxA)--