Earth Science Collaboratory User Model
From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
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Research Users
- Research Scientists (Intradisciplinary)
- Salient Characteristics: Well-versed in their own field and the available tools
- Key Needs: share analysis results within projects
- Salient Characteristics: Well-versed in their own field and the available tools
- Research Scientists (Interdisciplinary/Cross-disciplinary)
- Salient Characteristics: Well-versed in their own field but not necessarily in the Earth science discipline the data are from. May or may not have the time to learn it.
- Key Needs: access to experts and/or expertise in the other discipline. Access to data quality info in an accessible form.
- Salient Characteristics: Well-versed in their own field but not necessarily in the Earth science discipline the data are from. May or may not have the time to learn it.
- Graduate Student Researchers
- Salient Characteristics: May not be well versed in the field yet, but have the motivation, time and necessity to learn it eventually.
- Key Needs: learn analysis techniques from more experienced users in the field. See what developments are going on in the field as a whole.
- Salient Characteristics: May not be well versed in the field yet, but have the motivation, time and necessity to learn it eventually.
- Citizen Scientists
- Salient Characteristics: May be lacking in background science knowledge regarding data, but interested in learning about it if the process can be gradual.
- Key Needs: Science "stories" about interesting phenomena that progress logically from data to final result.
- Peer Reviewers
- Salient Characteristics: Checking on results from submitted paper, possibly re-running analysis
- Key Needs: Examine workflows, results; rerun analysis
Applications Users
- Applications Researchers
- Salient Characteristics: similar to Intra-disciplinary and Inter-disciplinary science researchers, but more probably the latter.
- Key Needs: connections to both Applications analysts and Science Researchers
- Applications Analysts
- Salient Characteristics: usually holders of Bachelor's or Master's degrees in related field, but with long years of practical experience. Therefore may have valuable on-the-ground knowledge of potential use to applications researchers.
- Key Needs: access knowledge of Applications researchers AND other applications analysts
- Decision Support Systems
- Salient Characteristics: non-human, i.e., computer systems.
- Key Needs: ability to access data, tools, knowledge potentially without a human in the loop.
- Applications Decision-makers
- Salient Characteristics: may be non-scientific, or from a very different field than the discipline from which the information comes.
- Key Needs: (TBD - need to interview an exemplar?)
Educational Users
- College educators
- K-12 educators
- Museums
Other Users
- Program Managers / Executives
- Salient Characteristics: main job is maximizing science return of program investments
- Key Needs: Determine the science return of tools and data
