[Nhcoll-l] [iczn-list] Fwd: Recommendation on best practices for citations of taxon name authorities

[Raymond Hoser - The Snakeman]

Thank you Doug for coming our way at last,

we've been doing this for years and you have lampooned us previously for it.

Lets hope others cite author and year and original descriptions in their papers and ditch this copyright infringing  "Kaiser et al." cite mates only rubbish.

All the best

Raymond Hoser


https://riojournal.com/article/94338/
[https://riojournal.com/showimg.php?filename=d200x_740355.jpg]<https://riojournal.com/article/94338/>
Joint statement on best practices for the citation of authorities of scientific names in taxonomy by CETAF, SPNHC and BHL - riojournal.com<https://riojournal.com/article/94338/>
This joint statement aims at encouraging all authors, publishers and editors involved in scientific publishing to give the bibliographic source of the authorities of taxonomic names. This initiative, written by members of the three communities, has been approved by the executive boards of the SPNHC (Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections), CETAF (Consortium of European ...
riojournal.com



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For those who have not seen it, this will be of relevance to many of us.

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Subject:        [Nhcoll-l] Recommendation on best practices for citations of taxon name authorities
Date:   Sat, 10 Sep 2022 16:58:04 +0200
From:   Jutta Buschbom <jutta.buschbom at statistical-genetics.de><mailto:jutta.buschbom at statistical-genetics.de>
To:     nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>

Dear List,

The story of a name is part of the name itself.

Yesterday, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) and SPNHC published a joint recommendation on best practices for citations of authorities associated with taxonomic names in RIO, see https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.8.e94338<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.3897%2Frio.8.e94338&data=05%7C01%7C%7C1c36f30a31734d56262908da94e1690f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637985993122881229%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gNDXbViPatVQ%2FGP0GadT%2BTGBQiKMgSyBy1cBHd8vv78%3D&reserved=0> .

The recommendation is based on previous work by CETAF's ePublishing working group. SPNHC's Publications and Best Practices committees together with the BHL contributed to the development of its current scope.

Explicitly stating the bibliographic citation implicitly given in the authorities of taxonomic names is fundamental and should be universally done when a scientific name is cited in a publication.

By following this best practice, taxonomic citations will become universally consistent, discoverable, and comparable across publications and platforms, and can be used to link the scientific name and its original description, both in a human and machine actionable way.

In this way, they form the foundation for building citation networks that enable accurate and unbiased data mining. Thereby scientific names and their authorities will be transformed into Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Resuable (FAIR) data. These will allow immediate access and enhanced online discovery of taxonomic information for the entire scientific community and for society at large, to address biodiversity loss and its assessment in the face of global challenges.

Please redistribute the recommendation in your communities to promote the accessibility and visibility of fundamental biodiversity data and knowledge.

Jointly,

SPNHC, CETAF and BHL

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