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Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 20:48:53 +0100
From: [unknown]
To: PML <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Comments on the Preamble
4. The "Bacteriological Code" is being renamed the International Code= on the=20 Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP), due to the recognition of Archaea= . 5. "Recommendations are not mandatory, but systematists are encourage= d to=20 follow them." Should this be worded as "but systematists should follo= w them=20 except if they have good reasons for not doing so"? Or perhaps even a= s=20 "specified reasons"? I don't have an opinion here, but I think this i= ssue=20 should probably be clarified to make sure we all understand the same = by=20 "recommendation". Will the Society or the Committee hold a vote on the proposal to regi= ster=20 affixes (Pan-...) instead of separately registering each name formed = by the=20 addition of an affix?=20