On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Katherine Porter wrote:
>bn> I think Stevan Harnad is seriously underestimating the
>bn> importance of "prior discovery", which may be established
>bn> by the date attached to the placement of an unrefereed
>bn> article on an open electronic repository.
> >
> It seems to me thi
A very relevant paper has been drafted by a group of scientists (and
even a couple of publishers) on behalf of the AAAS. The paper attempts
to define 'publication' in the digital environment, and essentially
comes up with two definitions - 'first publication' and 'formal
publication'. Please do hav
> I think Stevan Harnad is seriously underestimating the
> importance of "prior discovery", which may be established
> by the date attached to the placement of an unrefereed
> article on an open electronic repository.
>
It seems to me this raises questions not only about dates of
placement for jou
