[Taxacom] Why stability?

[Peter Hovenkamp]

Nico,

I'm not sure what you offer up for support.

But what you propose makes me wonder: suppose a system like you describe 
is in operation, how would you meaningfully query it?

That's acknowledging that your point is entirely valid: identifying 
unique concepts with unique identifiers results in more concepts than 
we  humans can deal with. But could we deal with it to the extent that 
we can instruct computers do deal with it in a meaningful way?


Best,

Peter Hovenkamp

Nico Franz schreef op 28-Apr-15 om 2:47 AM:
> http://taxonbytes.org/thoughts-why-stability-in-nomenclature-and-at-what-cost/
>
>     I'd be interested in knowing if any scholarly works (I cite Atran)
> support this. And other comments.
>
> Cheers, Nico
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