[Esip-preserve] Do We Need Scientific Liaisons - along with all those other kinds of people?

[Bruce Barkstrom]

As I'm working through use cases for glacier photos, I'm beginning to wonder
if we don't need some specialists in scientific disciplines who can serve as
"translators" from scientific concepts into metadata.  While I can do radiative
transfer nomenclature and some kinds of instrument model physics, it seems
to me that we may need a fairly broad kind of representation of different kinds
of instrumentation and scientific background to avoid misrepresenting the
highly specialized knowledge required to accurately interpret Earth science
data.  The same kind of liaisons might be useful in dealing with resource
managers who need Earth science data or with teachers at various levels
in the educational system.

Any thoughts?

Bruce B.