Publications
To publish is to make publicly known, and in reference to text and images, it can mean distributing paper copies to the public, or putting the content on a website. more...
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The word publication means the act of publishing, and it also means any writing of which copies are published, and any website. Among publications are books, and periodicals, the latter including magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.
Computers and the internet have changed the face of publishing, lowering the cost, and allowing more people to publish, through both desktop publishing and internet publishing.
Specific publications
Some publications have to be characterized in a more specific sense and contexts. Examples:
Academic publishing;
Open access publishing;
Web publishing
To publish on the Web. See website, Web template systems, Blog, etc.
Taxonomy
In Biological scientific classification (Taxonomy), the publicon of the description of a taxon has to comply with some rules.
It must be published in Latin.;
It must be published on paper.;
The publication must be generally available.;
The date of publication is the date the published material became generally available.;
External links and references
RayMing Chang, Publication Does Not Really Mean Publication: The Need to Amend the Definition of Publication in the Copyright Act, 33 AM. INTELL. PROP. L. ASS'N Q.J. 225: This article analyzes the definition of publication in the 1976 Copyright Act and finds strong support for the proposition that electronic dissemination (e.g., \"Internet publishing\") of works does not result in publication under American copyright law. This article argues that the definition of publication needs to be amended to explicitly include electronic dissemination.;
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