Examples
There are standardized systematic or semi-systematic names for:
- chemical elements (following IUPAC guidelines)
- chemical compounds (following IUPAC guidelines)
- biological organisms, initiated by Carl Linnaeus
- astronomical objects and entities (administered by the International Astronomical Union)
- genes (following HGNC procedures)
- proteins
- minerals (administered by the IMA)
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