Table 1.
Some of the criteria for availability of names under the ICZN, and potential to extract information to determine availability. Note that some of these are required or appropriate only for the current amended Code (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/), and the date of publication of the original text will dictate what criteria are applicable.
| Criterion for availability | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Publication is obtainable in numerous identical copies | metadata |
| Publication: If non-paper, produced by a method that assures widely accessible electronic copies with fixed content and layout, and registered in ZooBank. | metadata |
| Publication not excluded by Article 9 | metadata |
| The name is published using the Latin Alphabet | metadata |
| For species-group names, name agrees in gender with the genus name | markup + algorithm |
| For family-group names, name has a permitted ending | markup + list |
| For family-group names, name has suffix appropriate for rank given | markup + list + algorithm |
| For family-group names, name is based on the genus name stated | markup + algorithm |
| Name not already registered | markup + ZooBank search |
| Name contains more than one letter | markup + algorithm |
| Genus in which new species-group name is placed (if applicable) | markup |
| Name not published as a synonym but as a valid name | markup |
| Valid genus name on which new family-group name is based | markup |
| Type species of new genus-group name (including original combination, author and date) | markup |
| Description of taxon, or bibliographic reference to a description, is part of publication | markup + algorithm |