Gordon Paterson and Jon Norenberg have just indicated that printed copies of
the draft of the new International Code of Zoological Nomenclature are
available for a small fee from the UK and USA.
As many of you already know, this information is also available for free
online, where ASCII or PostScript copies of the code can be downloaded from
the following sites as follows:
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Subject: WELCOME to ICZN-4
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ICZN-4 International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 4th Edition
DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION
WELCOME! This discussion list is dedicated exclusively to the ICZN 4th
Edition Draft for Discussion. The Draft Code and Explanatory Notes can
be obtained via ftp, www, or gopher from the Cornell MUSE Project
Systematics and Biodiversity server (see below for the specific node
addresses of these services).
WHERE ARE THE DRAFT CODE AND EXPLANATORY NOTES?
The Draft Code itself is available in three formats:
1) plain ASCII text,
2) Postscript (very large file!), and
3) Postscript in a PKZIP file (significantly smaller than the
raw Postscript version; you need PKUNZIP to decompress it).
MAKE SURE to retrieve the Explanatory Notes also; they contain
important information from the Commission about the Draft Code.
The Notes file is plain ASCII text (called ICZNREAD.ME in the ftp version).
You can obtain the Explanatory Notes and any of the Draft Code formats
using ftp, www, or gopher. Shown below are the Internet node address
(for ftp and gopher), the URL for the www, and the menu choices.
The Postscript format is only useful for printing or viewing on
a system that supports Postscript.
Acknowledgements:
The ICZN Editorial Committee agreed to make these online documents
available for comment. F. Christian Thompson, USDA, Editorial Committee
member, provided the ASCII text and Postscript versions. Jim Beach,
UCB/MIP, and Julian Humphries, Cornell, made available the MUSE Project
ftp/www/gopher Systematics, Biological Collections and Biodiversity
server, where these files are posted. See below for the BIOSIS server.
Let me know if you find a problem, e.g., corrupted or missing file, with
any of the files. If you have access to ftp, www, or gopher, but need
help to use them, please refer first to your local computer support person.
Peter Rauch peterr at violet.berkeley.edu
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Using ftp, go to muse.bio.cornell.edu, login as anonymous,
and change directory (cd) to pub/standards/iczn-4 where the dir command
will show the following files:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1001 nobody 3439878 Jun 9 15:07 ICZN4PS.ps
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1001 nobody 253171 Jun 9 15:08 ICZN4TXT.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 1001 nobody 865741 Jun 9 15:09 ICZN4ZIP.zip
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1001 nobody 14982 Jun 9 15:12 ICZNREAD.ME
Before GETting the ICZN4ZIP.zip, make sure to "set binary" transfer mode.
The other files are in plain ASCII "text" mode.
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Using a www client, go to URL http://muse.bio.cornell.edu/
and follow the menu choices:
o Standards Organizations: Data Models and Reports
(DIR) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
to arrive at:
INTERNATIONAL CODE OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE
(FILE) ICZN 4th Edition Explanatory Notes (ASCII text)
(FILE) ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (PostScript, 3.4 M)
(BIN) ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (Postscript, zipped, 800K)
(FILE) ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (ASCII text, 250K)
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Using gopher, go to muse.bio.cornell.edu
and follow the menu choices:
Data Models and Standards Projects/
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature/
to arrive at:
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
1. ICZN 4th Edition Explanatory Notes (ASCII text).
2. ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (PostScript, 3.4 M).
3. ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (Postscript, zipped,.. <PC Bin>
4. ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (ASCII text, 250K) .
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As a service to the European systematic community, in addition to
retrieving these files from the muse sites (as detailed above
by Peter Rauch), they can also be accessed via the Zoological
Record gopher and www servers in the UK, as follows:-
Using a www client, go to URL http://www.york.biosis.org/
and follow the menu choice:
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Using gopher, go to macdui.york.biosis.org
and follow the menu choice:
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 4th Edition
discussion draft
to arrive at:
1. ICZN 4th Edition Covering Statement (ACSII text)
2. ICZN 4th Edition Explanatory Notes (ASCII text)
3. ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (PostScript, 3.4 M)
4. ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (Postscript, zipped, 800K)
5. ICZN 4th Edition Draft for Discussion (ASCII text, 250K)
It should be noted that 1. and 2. are ascii text files as produced by
the Secretariat of the International Commission on Zoological
Nomenclature, London, whereas 3. 4. and 5. are versions prepared in
the US for members and supporters of the American Association for
Zoological Nomenclature to ensure wide and quick dissemination on the
internet, and which may differ in some small respects from the hard
copy version of the draft Code available from the ICZN in London
(contact: The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature,
c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK)
Judith Howcroft jhowcroft at york.biosis.org
Special Projects Manager
Biosis UK
Garforth House, 54 Micklegate Tel: +44 (0)1904 642816
York, England, YO1 1LF Fax: +44 (0)1904 612793
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In addition to the above, a special listserve, ICZN-4, has been set up for
discussion of any and all points of the draft edition. One may subscribe to
the listserve as follows:
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 16:25:04 -0700
Reply-To: Peter Rauch <peterr at VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU>
Sender: Biological Systematics Discussion List <TAXACOM at CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU>
From: Peter Rauch <peterr at VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject: ICZN-4 Discussion List
To: Multiple recipients of list TAXACOM <TAXACOM at CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU>
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The ICZN-4 Discussion LISTSERV is now available.
To subscribe, send email to: LISTSERV at CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU
and include a one-line message saying: SUB ICZN-4 YourFirstName
YourLastName
That's all there is to it; you will receive two messages with
information and instructions by return email on how to use ICZN-4.
Availability of the "International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,
4th Edition DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION" online documents was announced
earlier this week here on Taxacom.
ICZN-4 is dedicated _exclusively_ to discussion of the 4th Edition DRAFT
document.
Peter
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Mary E. Petersen
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
Tel MEP direct: +45-35 32 10 67 Fax. +45-35 32 10 10
E-mail: mepetersen at zmuc.ku.dk
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