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

[Ruth Duerr]

Would these be data managers?

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On Mar 11, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Bruce Barkstrom <brbarkstrom at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
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