1. ZooBank: Scope of Registry
Nomenclatural Acts - Acts establishing new species-, genus- and family-group names in Zoology
- Lectotypifications/Neotypifications, Emendations, First reviser, etc.
Publications - As defined in Article 8 of the ICZN Code.
Authors - As authors of registered publications
- ZooBank content providers
Type Specimens - Integral to nomenclature; cross-linked to Museums

2. ZooBank: Content Launch - 1 January 2008, 00:00:00GMT
- 250th Anniversary of Systema Naturae 10th Edition
Retrospective Content - 4,819 Names established in Linnaeus, 1758.
Prospective Content - 5 New species of Chromis (Zootaxa)
- Johnson et al.; Deans & Kawada (Zootaxa)
- Fisher & Smith (PLoS ONE)
- Assmann et al.; Aken'Ova et al.;
Hinojosa-Díaz (ZooKeys)

4. ZooBank: Timeline 2005 - Initial concept announced in Nature, BZN
Initial development, implementation of LSIDs
Official Launch (1 January 2008)
- Addition of Zootaxa content
- Development & testing of online registration
- Content expansion, refinement, public discussion
2011
- Two NSF projects (GNA, BiSciCol)
2012
- ZooBank 2.0; Publication of Amendment to the Code

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9. ZooBank: Next Steps XML Batch Submission
STEP 1 - Publisher submits XML-formatted document to ZooBank service
STEP 2 - ZooBank “automagically” registers what it can, and prompts submitter to disambiguate as needed
STEP 2a - ZooBank registers disambiguated records
STEP 3 - After publication, publisher submits updates to ZooBank (Date, Pages, etc.) via same XML schema

10. ZooBank: Next Steps
Bulk Import - Taxonomic Databases (HNS, Sherborn, Rod Page dataset, Hexacoralia, Scorpions, Diptera, etc.)
- Literature Databases (BHL, Sherborn, Smithsonian, various publishers, etc.)
Tighter Integration with Other Projects - BHL, CoL, IF, IPNI, BiSciCol, iDigBio, Filtered Push, PLAZI, Vibrant, FishBase, etc.
Robust Taxonomic Services - Museum collections, Biodiversity Data Management