Taxacom: Dates of e-pubs ahead of print?

Sat Sep 3 14:53:20 CDT 2022

Dear Victor,

Abus Smith, 2022 in your example is not a nomen nudum, it is an 
unpublished name. That is not much different from a name you print on a 
label for a specimen in your collection.

As Frank explained, not following rules of the Code can easily cause 
problems. In this case the electronic work that is not registered in 
ZooBank is not considered published in the sense of Art. 8.5.3.

A name that qualifies for being a nomen nudum must be published in the 
sense of the Code.

Glossary:
nomen nudum (pl. nomina nuda), n. A Latin term referring to a name that, 
if published before 1931, fails to conform to Art. 12; or, if published 
after 1930, fails to conform to Art. 13. A nomen nudum is not an 
available name, and therefore the same name may be made available later 
for the same or a different concept; in such a case it would take 
authorship and date [Arts. 50, 21] from that act of establishment, not 
from any earlier publication as a nomen nudum.

In short words, a nomen nudum is a published new name that was not 
equipped with a description.

This is too brief, because a description can be substituted by something 
else, but this is the idea behind.

Best wishes
Francisco

Am 03.09.2022 um 20:21 schrieb Fet, Victor via Taxacom:
> Moreover:
> 
> Let's say, e-pub by Smith appears online on December 28, 2022, not complying with the Code requirements.
> Printed copy appears on January 15, 2023 (usually it takes longer)
> 
> So Abus Smith, 2022, gen.n is a nomen nudum and the available name is Abus Smith, 2023.
> 
> But an industrious Jones knows what is going on—and publishes Babus Jones, 2023, gen.n. (based on the same type species) on January 5, 2023, complying with the Code requirements.
> This is easy to do in an e-only journal.
> 
> Now Babus is a valid name, and Abus its junior synonym.
> 
> I personally know a few industrious Joneses...
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> I suspect that many smaller journals are not aware of the problem. I
> recently published a paper in a journal that had recently become online
> only but they thought they still met the requirements of the code by
> printing 2 copies, one of which was sent to the editor. I had to pester
> the production staff (operated by "E...r") and editor over a period of
> weeks to get them to republish the paper again with Zoobank registration
> and the actual date of publishing online. This was messy and should not
> happen.
> Buz
> 
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> On 9/3/22 13:50, Fet, Victor via Taxacom wrote:
>> So are ALL names published in e-pub journals without Zoobank registration nomina nuda before the printed copy appears?
>> Are journals aware of it?
>>
>> This creates a date problem at least for names published in December 🙂
>>
>> Let's say, e-pub by Smith appears online on December 28, 2022
>> Printed copy appears on January 15, 2023
>> So Abus Smith, 2022, gen.n is a nomen nudum and the available name is Abus Smith, 2023 ?
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