Dave Gomberg, San Francisco mailto:gomberg@wcf.com http://www.wcf.com/wcf Said; Can someone tell me why publishing on the web would not meet all these criteria? It may not be a standard currently but if you study the direction science is headed it will probably happen sooner than later. Posting on the web would lend itself (exceedingly well) to peer review and distribution needs. I can see a system were a person would publish initially to a site for review and after a period of time and editing it be pushed to another site for permanent status. The only reason to publish it on paper is because books don't suffer computer crashes as often. SO in answer to your question is because no-one has formalized a system for doing so. Yet. imho Erick Jones -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!