ZooBank Documents

The following documents explain the history, intended purpose, and other aspects relating to the development of ZooBank:

• ZooBank Policies
• Policy 001 - Drafting and Ratification of ZooBank Policies (Draft)
• ZooBank Users Instruction Guide (Current Draft)
• ZooBank Guiding Prinicples and Policies (Current Draft)
• ZooBank Status Report, published in Zootaxa, 1950:39-50
• ZooBank Commentary, published in Nature, 437:477
• Russian translation
• Traditional Chinese translation
• Technical Paper describing the proposed ZooBank implementation, published in the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 62(4):210-220
• "Codes must be updated so that names are known to all" (Correspondence from Wheeler & Krell, published in Nature)
• Fort Lauderdale ZooBank Symposium
• ZooBank discussion group