electronics vs paper

[Dennis Paulson]

Ross Hastings wrote:

"I must say that I find these arguments in favour of electronic publishing of
new taxa rather shortsighted in light of the ephemeral nature of electronic
data."

Whoa! I certainly wasn't implying "electronic publishing of new taxa" in
what I wrote, and I'm not sure others were, either. This was strictly a
measure to allow other workers access to a list of specimens examined, when
this couldn't be included in a published paper. I agree entirely with you
that this wouldn't be the appropriate medium for publication of new taxa.
But as an alternative to no lists of specimens available in any
medium--it's better than nothing.

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