Technical > Glossary

Actors

scientist

A climate scientist responsible for documenting their work

institute

An institute responsible for documenting their work

institute-engineer

An engineer, employed by an institute, to develop / maintain software.

data-node-manager

Manages data served by an ESG-F data node

data-provider

Provides data (e.g. simulation output) to a data-node-manager

esdoc-liaison

Acts as interface between institutes / scientists and the ES-DOC team

esdoc-engineer

An engineer responsible for maintaining / developing at least part of the ES-DOC software infrastructure