LCNameStringDiscussion

GregorHagedorn - Thu Nov 04 2004 - Version 1.15
Parent topic: LinneanCoreDefinitions
Discussion on Name-string

Note Gregor: I summarized the first part of the discussion to refocus; please go back on the wiki to version 1.14 to see the full original discussion:

James and Rich discuss whether to distinguish between printed on paper (glyph) and its digital representation in a character coding scheme. The resolution was to limit string to character coding schemes (due to xml from the unicode family) and introduce Name-literal as an abstraction layer between Unicode string and name in general (including digital/electronic representations like a name on a JPEG of a label).
Some discussion about the use of "context" in the definition; the phrase in the definition is now replaced with "name within the scope of LinneanCore's domain". Rich: "Perhaps we need a different definition for "Code-compliant name-string" to accomodate the machine-generated "corrected" (= canonicalized, Gregor) strings? The Machine-generated instance might be considered as a Name-usage, and therefore its corrected nomenclatural representation could be considered as a Name-string.
Rich and Gregor discussed name comparability and identity, from which a discussion resulted whether Name-string should be limited to scientific-name-without-authors, or should be a super term for all kind of scientific names, with or without author. There seems to be a feeling that many botanists in a name usage context consider the "natural" name to include authors, even though the ICBN defines the name object as without authors. Gregor proposed to have name-string, and introduce two new definitions:
- Nomenclatural-disambiguation: part of a name-string that disambiguates nomenclatural homonyms. This may include authors, publication year, or reference title.
- Conceptual-disambiguation: part of a name-string that disambiguates concept usage. This may include fuzzy concept suffixes like "s. str.", "sensu lat.", "non author", and exact like "sensu/secundum publication reference".

End of summary

Richard: For clarity, please complete the following table (using a zoological name, with botanical authorship conventions to transcend Code issues):

#	String Terms:	Richard	Gregor	James	LC Discussions
1	Pseudanthias ventralis subsp. hawaiiensis (Randall) Hoover sensu Pyle 2003	Concept-string	Linnean Name-string (with nomenclatural and concept disambiguation)	human readable representation of a name usage from unknown source because w/o auct. or sec.	-
2	Pseudanthias ventralis subsp. hawaiiensis s. latissimo	Concept string (ambiguous "AccordingTo")	Linnean Name-string (with (fuzzy) concept disambiguation)	human readable representation of a name usage from unknown source because w/o auct. or sec.	-
3	Pseudanthias ventralis subsp. hawaiiensis (Randall) Hoover	Name-string with authorship	Linnean Name-string (with nomenclatural disambiguation)	Linnean name literal	-
4	Pseudanthias ventralis (1999)	Name-string with year	Linnean Name-string (with nomenclatural disambiguation)	human readable representation of a name usage from unknown source because w/o auct. or sec.	-
5	Pseudanthias ventralis subsp. hawaiiensis	Name-string	Linnean Name-string (without authors/disambiguation)	Linnean name literal	-
6	Pseudanthias	Name-unit (genus)	Name part: Genus name	name token (genus)	-
7	ventralis	Name-unit (species)	Name part: species epithet	name token (specific epithet)	-
8	hawaiiensis	Name-unit (subspecies)	Name part: infraspecific epithet	name token (infraspecific epithet)	-
9	sensu Pyle 2003	Concept Authorship	Name part: concept suffix (or concept disambiguation)	human readable representation of pointer to another name usage	-
10	Pyle 2003	Citation	Citation	citation summary	-
11	(Randall) Hoover	[Name] Authorship	Name part: nomenclatural authorship	authorship summary	-
12	Randall	Agent Surname	Canonical¹ Author Name role under ICBN: basionym author	surname	-
13	Hoover	Agent Surname	Canonical¹ Author Name role under ICBN: combining author	surname	-
14	Pyle	Agent Surname	Canonical¹ Author Name role: concept citation	surname	-
14	s. lato	-	concept suffix (ambiguous)	-	-

Footnotes: ¹: Canonical Author name = this may be an abbreviation like "L.", an standardized inherited name ("family name, surname, father's name, depending on culture), or "given + inherited name". -- Gregor

Richard: Thanks to Gregor & James for adding their terms. If others wish to contribute, please insert your own column. I've re-named the last column "LC Discussions", with the intention of populating this column with selected terms that we can all agree to use in future discussions. I think we will have reason to discuss several of the items in the table above at one point or another, so it would be good if we could agree on a short (1-3 words) term for each of the most important items in the "String Term" column. At this point, I honestly don't care what the terms are -- but it would be helpful I think if we could come up with clear terms for each, so we don't need to embed too many qualifications to terms in the course of our discussions. -- 2 Nov 2004