Parsed authorship properties

nielsklazenga commented 5 days ago

Just putting the four existing properties together in a single issue, so we can concentrate the discussion and do not need to have four more issues.

tcs:basionymAuthor

Identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/terms/basionymAuthor
Type	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
Label	Basionym author
	required: No — repeatable: Yes
Definition	Author of the basionym of the name
Usage	`basionymAuthor` is an IRI property. It can be a Person or a Group, or multiple Person IRIs or objects.

Comments

basionymAuthor (or its literal counterpart) is the bit in parentheses in the dwc:scientificNameAuthorship.

tcs:basionymAuthorLiteral

Identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/terms/basionymAuthorLiteral
Type	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
Label	Basionym author literal
	required: No — repeatable: No
Definition	Author of the basionym of the name
Usage	`basionymAuthorLiteral` is a Literal property.

Comments

basionymAuthorLiteral is the bit in parentheses in the dwc:scientificNameAuthorship.

tcs:combinationAuthor

Identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/terms/combinationAuthor
Type	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
Label	Combination author
	required: No — repeatable: Yes
Definition	Author of the present name
Usage	`combinationAuthor` is an IRI property. It can be a Person or a Group, or multiple Person IRIs or objects.

Comments

combinationAuthor is not quite right for uninomials but we have thought hard about a better term and have come up empty for now.

tcs:combinationAuthorLiteral

Identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/terms/combinationAuthorLiteral
Type	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
Label	Combination author literal
	required: No — repeatable: No
Definition	Author of the present name
Usage	`combinationAuthorLiteral` is a Literal property.

tcs:basionymAscribedAuthor

Identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/terms/basionymAscribedAuthor
Type	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
Label	Basionym author
	required: No — repeatable: Yes
Definition	Ascribed author of the basionym of the name
Usage	`basionymAscribedAuthor` is an IRI property. It can be a Person or a Group, or multiple Person IRIs or objects.

Comments

'Ascribed author' is a person (or group of people) who a name is ascribed to in a publication, but who is not the author of the name according to the rules of the nomenclatural codes, because they did not contribute to the validating description of the name. In the dwc:scientificNameAuthorship these authors are indicated with 'ex', the ascribed author coming before the 'ex' and the author the name is attributed to after. Note that the 'ex' construction that is sometimes used with zoological names has got nothing to do with attribution or ascription, but is used to indicate a concept, much like we do here with 'sec.' or 'sensu' in taxon concept labels.

tcs:basionymAscribedAuthorLiteral

Identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/terms/basionymAscribedAuthorLiteral
Type	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
Label	Basionym author literal
	required: No — repeatable: No
Definition	Ascribed author of the basionym of the name
Usage	`basionymAscribedAuthorLiteral` is a Literal property.

Comments

'Ascribed author' is a person (or group of people) who a name is ascribed to in a publication, but who is not the author of the name according to the rules of the nomenclatural codes, because they did not contribute to the validating description of the name. In the dwc:scientificNameAuthorship these authors are indicated with 'ex', the ascribed author coming before the 'ex' and the author the name is attributed to after. Note that the 'ex' construction that is sometimes used with zoological names has got nothing to do with attribution or ascription, but is used to indicate a concept, much like we do here with 'sec.' or 'sensu' in taxon concept labels.

tcs:combinationAscribedAuthor

Identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/terms/combinationAscribedAuthor
Type	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
Label	Combination ascribed author
	required: No — repeatable: Yes
Definition	Ascribed author of the present name
Usage	`combinationAscibedAuthor` is an IRI property. It can be a Person or a Group, or multiple Person IRIs or objects.

Comments

'Ascribed author' is a person (or group of people) who a name is ascribed to in a publication, but who is not the author of the name according to the rules of the nomenclatural codes, because they did not contribute to the validating description of the name. In the dwc:scientificNameAuthorship these authors are indicated with 'ex', the ascribed author coming before the 'ex' and the author the name is attributed to after. Note that the 'ex' construction that is sometimes used with zoological names has got nothing to do with attribution or ascription, but is used to indicate a concept, much like we do here with 'sec.' or 'sensu' in taxon concept labels.

tcs:combinationAscribedAuthorLiteral

Identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/terms/combinationAscribedAuthorLiteral
Type	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
Label	Combination ascribed author literal
	required: No — repeatable: No
Definition	Ascribed author of the present name
Usage	`combinationAscribedAuthorLiteral` is a Literal property.

Comments

'Ascribed author' is a person (or group of people) who a name is ascribed to in a publication, but who is not the author of the name according to the rules of the nomenclatural codes, because they did not contribute to the validating description of the name. In the dwc:scientificNameAuthorship these authors are indicated with 'ex', the ascribed author coming before the 'ex' and the author the name is attributed to after. Note that the 'ex' construction that is sometimes used with zoological names has got nothing to do with attribution or ascription, but is used to indicate a concept, much like we do here with 'sec.' or 'sensu' in taxon concept labels.

ghwhitbread commented 4 days ago

Although ICZN article 51.2.1. (Recommendation 51E. Citation of contributors) could be read to allow for joint authorship using "ex" (substituting ex for in); article 50.1.1 makes it clear that an ascribed author is responsible for the name and an optional citation acknowledging both the ascribed and publishing authors will take the form "ascribedAuthor ex publishingAuthor". This looks the same as the botanical form, except the publishing author is optional, not v.v. 50.1.1. However, if it is clear from the contents that some person other than an author of the work is alone responsible both for the name or act and for satisfying the criteria of availability other than actual publication, then that other person is the author of the name or act. If the identity of that other person is not explicit in the work itself, then the author is deemed to be the person who publishes the work.

ghwhitbread commented 4 days ago

To help with a common code base, along with 'combination*', I have been replacing 'basionym' with 'primary' ( PrimaryUsage, primaryName, primaryAuthor ). It allows for lists mixing codes and does not create confusion. ICZN recommendation 51G permits (if desired) usage of the botanical form, Examples. Limnatis nilotica (Savigny) Moquin-Tandon; Methiolopsis geniculata (Stål, 1878) Rehn, 1957. and the inclusion of combination authors in zoological datasets, when known, can improve data quality.

nielsklazenga commented 4 days ago

Thanks @ghwhitbread, that makes it really clear. Maybe we should add 'Publishing' into the other terms? In any case, I will fix up those notes.

nielsklazenga commented 4 days ago

Actually, @ghwhitbread , it looks like you are confounding 'ascription' and 'attribution'. From the '...both for the name or act and for satisfying the criteria of availability...' it is clear the Art. 50.1.1 is talking about the author to whom a name is attributed, so the basionymAuthor or combinationAuthor. What you call 'publishing author' goes with the 'in' construction, both in botany and zoology. I see the 'in' construction in the ICZN, but not the 'ex' construction, so I am wondering if this is even a thing in zoological nomenclature, like it is in botanical nomenclature (see examples in Art. 46).

The definition in Hawkesworth (2010) seems to indicate that it is not:

ascription: (bio., bot.) the direct association of the name of a person or persons with a new name or description or diagnosis of a taxon; see also attribute.

From Googling and ChatGPT-ing it seems to me that 'ex' in zoological names is used in the same sense that we use 'sec.' or 'sensu'.

jliljeblad commented 4 days ago

Edit: I'm too quick (or late), seeing that Greg beat me to the part of combination author in zoology.

ghwhitbread commented 4 days ago

Yes, @nielsklazenga, I'm just making noise (but not confusing ascription). It seems that both codes are in agreement when it comes to the identity of authors (attribution), and only the botanical code accommodates (albeit optionally) the acknowledgement of partial ascription using "ex" authorship.

Very few zoologists have read the biocode.

nielsklazenga commented 4 days ago

Thanks @ghwhitbread, all good, I think your noise has improved the notes. I think that, even though the draft Biocode was published in a botanical journal, there will also be very few botanists who have read it. What is important is that it exists and was agreed on by nomenclature experts from all groups of organisms. And it has been very helpful for this exercise (not so much for the authorship, as that is not in there).

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