Re: [Killietalk] Re: Killie Registry

[Dennis Heltzel <killies at fishroom_net>]

Barry Cooper wrote:

> A third, but unofficial, use for the registry is to provide a ready 
> reference for valid species names and locations. For the former we are 
> using KMI IV, but we'll make adjustments on the advice of the AKA's 
> nomenclature committee, chaired by KMI's author, Ken Lazara. We want 
> to keep location names as accurate as possible, so we will ask for 
> some supporting evidence when requests are received to add new ones. 
> I'm working on a couple now, so those who submitted them, please be 
> patient.
>
> Barry

That reference list could become a bit contentious, but if we can agree 
to view it as the "Current Best Practices in Nomenclature" at least it 
will be a common reference point. Unlike a printed volume, it can be 
corrected and updated in "real time", and the changes are immediately 
effective in each members listings. So for example, if the AKA decides 
that a particular location is actually a different species (or just 
spelled wrong), a single change to the database will implement that change.

A fourth purpose is to have an up to date, correctly spelled, list of 
the fish in my own fishroom. You can bookmark the "manage listings" page 
and go there whenever the status of your stock changes (I just moved 
several of mine to "maintain" status because this summer was not good to 
them). Then, you can copy the listings to another application or print 
it out and post it in your fishroom. No more problems remembering how to 
spell the location name of that beautiful fish that cannot be pronounced 
by English speakers. You get an accurate list of your fish with very 
little typing required.

Dennis

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