RE: paleonet question marks in taxonomic names

["Robert Huber" <robert.huber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Phil,

I think the better choice is to separate real names and open
nomenclature or synonynym list signs. Such signs can make a
name quite complicated and a lot of additional information is
added to a name e.g.: v p Agenus? cf. album so it makes sense
to separate that. I have implemented this in my taxonconcept
toy at http://taxonconcept.stratigraphy.net
to store synonymy lists.

best regarsd,
Robert


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk [mailto:paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk]Im
> Auftrag von Phil Bock
> Gesendet: Montag, 4. September 2006 14:36
> An: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
> Betreff: Re: paleonet question marks in taxonomic names
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> Yet another comment on question marks
> When preparing and using digital databases, adding question marks before
> the relevant name (or using quotes in some cases) makes it more
> difficult to do quick alphabetic sorting.
> In my own database, I push the question mark after the genus or species
> as appropriate.
> Of course, a purist would use a separate data field(s) for using queries
> of the various types, but the design then becomes a lot more complex.
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