[Taxacom] Melbourne Code : When

[John McNeill]

Dear Peter:

The target date for publication of the Code for recent Congresses has
been 12 months after the Congress; this was just met by the St Louis
Code, but the Vienna Code was a month or so late.

It is expected that the final text of the Melbourne Code, including new
examples, will be approved by the entire Editorial Committee in the next
couple of weeks.  The date of publication thereafter is not in the hands
of the Editorial Committee, but as we are publishing the text of the
Code separately from the Appendices, I would expect it to be fairly soon
thereafter.

It is expected that the electronic version will be available around the
same time as the printed version. Of course, until every detail of the
Code is finalised it could be misleading to make drafts available.

I am sorry that I cannot be more precise.

Best wishes,

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John McNeill, Rapporteur-g?n?ral, Nomenclature Section, XVIII IBC,
Melbourne
    Director Emeritus, Royal Ontario Museum;
    Honorary Associate, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
Mailing address:  Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, Scotland,
U.K.
Telephone:    +44-131-248-2848;  fax: +44-131-248-2901
Home office:  +44-162-088-0651
e-mail: jmcneill at rbge.ac.uk (mail to johnm at rom.on.ca is also read)
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John McNeill, Director Emeritus, Royal Ontario Museum;
    Honorary Associate, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
Mailing address:  Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, Scotland,
U.K.
Telephone:    +44-131-248-2848;  fax: +44-131-248-2901
Home office:  +44-162-088-0651
e-mail: jmcneill at rbge.org.uk (johnm at rom.on.ca is also read)
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>>> "Peter A. Sch?fer" 05/25/12 12:53 PM >>>
Dear John,
we all understand that the publication of a new code takes some time. 
But as there was quite some media attention to new provisions
(electronic publication, diagnoses in English, ...) coming into effect
on January first 2012, or nearly five month ago, people want to know,
were they can read the Melbourne code.
Can anybody give an answer?
Is there a website, which could show what is already done, what will
come soon (like Flora Iberica that has proofs of forthcoming treatments
on-line)?

Peter

On 25/05/2012 13:01, John McNeill wrote:
> Paul&  al.:
>
> The Nomenclature Section of the International Botanical Congress in
Melbourne in July 2011 accepted Art. 53 Prop. G to establish an Appendix
to list binding decisions regarding confusability of names and also a
new resolution to establish an Appendix to list binding decisions made
on valid publication of names (see
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2011/00000060/00000001/art00033
and
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2011/00000060/00000005/art00034
).
>
> These new Appendices will appear in the Appendices section of the
forthcoming Melbourne Code which will be online and so will provide the
needed databases to which you refer.
>
> John
>
>
>
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> John McNeill, Director Emeritus, Royal Ontario Museum;
>      Honorary Associate, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
> Mailing address:  Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, Scotland,
U.K.
> Telephone:    +44-131-248-2848;  fax: +44-131-248-2901
> Home office:  +44-162-088-0651
> e-mail: jmcneill at rbge.org.uk (johnm at rom.on.ca is also read)
>
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>>>> "Paul van Rijckevorsel"  05/25/12 9:45 AM>>>
> Well, I was just making an observation (just in case that thematter
had escaped attention).
>
> Another matter which might be worth considering is the inclusion in
this database of decisions regarding names-to-be-treated-as-homonyms and
names-that-have-been-decided-to-be-not-validly-published (either because
of an inadequate description or diagnosis or because they are in
works-to-be-suppressed), and of course names that have been put forward
as such, but where a decision has been made the other way. At the
moment, these are untraceable, except to those who are willing to dig
through a very considerable pile of issues of Taxon.
>
> Paul
>
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From:   John McNeill
>    To: dipteryx at freeler.nl ; taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>    Cc: jmcneill at rbge.ac.uk
>    Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 10:25 AM
>    Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Malus domestica   conservation proposal
>
>
> Paul, Scott&  al.
>
> The   "Proposals and Disposals" site was maintained by Dan Nicolson
whose health now   precludes any botanical work.  The Department of
Botany at the   Smithsonian Institution have now made arrangements for
the site to continue to   be maintained, but, again for reasons outside
of their control, there has been   some delay in getting it  
up-to-date.
>
> John
>
>
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> John   McNeill, Director Emeritus, Royal Ontario Museum;
>        Honorary Associate, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
> Mailing address:    Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR,
Scotland,   U.K.
> Telephone:    +44-131-248-2848;  fax:   +44-131-248-2901
> Home office:  +44-162-088-0651
> e-mail:   jmcneill at rbge.ac.uk (mail to johnm at rom.on.ca is also   read)
>
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>
>
>>>>    "Paul van Rijckevorsel"  05/25/12 8:41 AM>>>
> Yes, the "Proposals and Disposals" site at the Smithsonian can   be
very useful, but the Malus domestica proposal is not listed, nor are the
  actions taken on the Malus toringoides proposal, although this has
been   reported on by the special Committee and the General Committee,
and has been   accepted by the Melbourne Congress. The Malus domestica
proposal was published   in April 2010, so it looks as if the site lags
more than two years behind?   Perhaps an additional person should be
assigned to keep it up to   date?
>
> Publishing the deliberations of a Committee looks to be a very  
attractive idea, but perhaps for some groups of taxa the outside
pressure is   felt to be too severe for such openness to be risked?
>
> Paul
>
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