Message 2004-10-0031: Re: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE PHYLOCODE: Article 10.2

Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:51:37 -0700 (PDT)

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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:51:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: [unknown]
To: jonathan.r.wagner@mail.utexas.edu, phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.ed=
Subject: Re: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE PHYLOCODE: Article 10.2

Jon Wagner (jonathan.r.wagner@mail.utexas.edu) wrote:

<10.2. Apart from the proceedures established in Article 9, 10.1, 15,=
 17,
18, and Recommendation 10 A [etc.], no compulsion, restriction, or ru=
le of
 any kind may prevent authors from constructing and defining names as=
 they
see fit.>

  Perhaps this should be "In accordance to ..." instead of "Apart fro=
m
=2E.."?

  However, I otherwise concur. Enforcement of the definition and use =
of
the name, as formulated, should be considered part of the taxonomy,
nomenclatural, and definitional freedom being espoused by the framers=
 of
the PhyloCode. Enforcement of a naming convention, e.g. requiring an =
affix
for some clades, but not others, sounds like the ICZN mandate for aff=
ixes
for types of taxa, regardless of wether we call them "ranks" or "clad=
es."

<Note 10.2 In the case of a particularly egregious misuse of this rul=
e, an
 appeal for conservation or suppression may be made to the Committee =
on=20
Phylogenetic Nomenclature.>

  "In accordance to ..." might prevent some abuse of the proposed rul=
e.

  Cheers,

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Jaime A. Headden

  Little steps are often the hardest to take.  We are too used to mak=
ing leaps in the face of adversity, that a simple skip is so hard to =
do.  We should all learn to walk soft, walk small, see the world arou=
nd us rather than zoom by it.

"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)


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