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The solution will involve a simple
one-time user-registration process for any taxonomist wishing to
submit registration records, with associated write-access password
protection. Procedures for recognizing illegitimate users will
need to be established, and a mechanism for enforcement appropriately
implemented.
Summary
This discussion document
attempts to outline a possible procedure for implementing ZooBank
as an open-access, central web-based registry of animal names
and taxonomic acts in zoology. Indications to date are that a
consensus can be reached among the zoological taxonomic community
that such a register is desirable. However, there are many technical
aspects that need to be addressed before it can be implemented.
In this document we have attempted to include as many of these
as we can envisage at this time, but no doubt there is a great
deal still to be discussed. We therefore invite all comments
on this paper to be addressed to the dedicated discussion list
at: http://list.afriherp.org/mailman/listinfo/zoobank-list
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