[CPN] Next on the agenda: Art. 1.1 and the term "taxon" in the PhyloCode

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If Phil and Kevin are okay with Michel's changes, I'd support them.  As to
"Division I: Principles", I am happy for clarification of the roles of
"taxon" and "clade" in specific instances, whenever users would benefit
from differentiating between (or including) names of entitites and the
entities themselves.  -- kp


> Dear colleagues, 
>  
> I agree with the changes, but I propose two minor wording changes 
> (pp. 4 and 28), and I found a minor format (font size) problem on p. 85. 
> These are tracked and appear in a different color than Phil's changes. 
>  
> Cheers, 
>  
> Michel 
>  
> On 21/02/13 20:06, Philip Cantino wrote: 
>> Dear CPN members, 
>>  
>> Another left over from last year's discussions is use of the term 
>> "taxon" in the PhyloCode.  In a Sept. 29 message, David M. suggested 
>> that "taxon" be defined differently than it currently is.  He also 
>> suggested that many of the uses of "taxon" and "taxa" in the code could 
>> be omitted or replaced with "clade" and "clades".  Kevin and I agree 
>> with David's suggestion in general but not in every particular. 
>>  
>> I have attached two files to this message.  The one that I encourage you 
>> to read first is "Taxon and Art. 1.1.docx", which provides the current 
>> wordings of Art. 1.1 and the glossary definition of "taxon", and and our 
>> proposed new wordings.  The new wordings will bring the article and the 
>> glossary entry into full agreement, which is not currently the case. 
>> The new wording also makes it clearer that the term "taxon" has a 
>> general meaning in systematics that extends beyond this code. 
>>  
>> The file called "Taxon"-related changes.doc includes the entire code 
>> (vers. 4c) with scattered minor wording changes, most of which relate to 
>> the word "taxon".  You will need to turn on the Track Changes function 
>> of Word to see the changes in this document. 
>>  
>> Please look these two documents over soon and send your comments to the 
>> listserv.   Let's tentatively set Feb. 26 (next Tuesday) as a target 
>> date to call a vote unless substantial discussion develops before then. 
>> If anyone would like more time, please let me know. 
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>> Phil 
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