Personnel

Definition

Syntax

Group: Personnel
   Role: [Personnel Role Valid]
   First_Name:  
   Middle_Name:  
   Last_Name:  
   Email:
   Phone:  
   FAX:
   Group: Address

   End_Group
End_Group

Specifications

• This field is optional.
• This field may be repeated.
• All fields may contain 1-80 characters of the printable ASCII character set.
• The Role must be selected from the Personnel Role Valids, see Appendix A.
• The Role may be repeated per personnel group. In other words, a person may have more than one role. In this case, the Personnel group needs only to be specified once in the DIF with repeating Role fields.
• When the Personnel field is used in the DIF, the Role subfield is required.
• Email, Phone and FAX fields are optional and may be repeated.
• The Address field may be multiple lines, each line containing 1-80 characters of the printable ASCII character set.

Recommendations

• For investigator, if one DIF represents an aggregation of data produced by several investigator teams, either list the principal investigator (PI), or use the Summary or Reference sections to point to the location of a list of investigators and their relationships to the data.
• Phone and fax numbers should be easily read by users. For example, for USA phone numbers, use either (xxx) xxx-xxx or xxx-xxx-xxxx. For other countries, begin the number with the country code: +44 123 45678
• The country should always be included in the address.
• If personnel retire, particularly investigators, it is desirable to
  1. keep their full name
  2. delete their phone, email and fax number
  3. in the Address subfield, state that they are retired or deceased, keeping the name of their affiliation

Definitions of Personnel Roles

• Investigator: Person who headed the investigation or experiment that resulted in the acquisition of the data described (i.e., Principal Investigator, Experiment Team Leader)
• Technical Contact: A person who is knowledgeable about the technical content of the data (quality, processing methods, units, available software for further processing)
• DIF Author: The person who is responsible for the content of the DIF. If the responsibility shifts from the original author to another person, the DIF Author field should be updated to the new responsible person.

Examples

Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   Role: DIF Author
   First_Name: Alan
   Last_Name: Robock
   Email: robock@envsci.rutgers.edu
   Phone: (732) 932-9478
   FAX: (732) 932-8644
   Group: Address
      Department of Environmental Sciences
      Rutgers University
      14 College Farm Road
      New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8551
      USA
   End_Group
End_Group


Group: Personnel
   Role: DIF Author
   First_Name: Keith
   Middle_Name: Gordon
   Last_Name: Dancey
   Email: k.dancey@rl.ac.uk
   Phone: +44 1235-44-6373
   FAX: +44 1235-44-6434
   Group: Address
      British Atmospheric Data Centre
      Space Science Department
      Rutherford Appelton Laboratory
      Chilton, Didcot OX11 OQX
      UK
   End_Group
End_Group


Group: Personnel
   Role: Technical Contact
   First_Name: Luigi
   Middle_Name: G.
   Last_Name: Jacchia
   Group: Address
      Retired from Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
   End_Group
End_Group