Burrows, G. HowardHoban, SusanHarberts, RobertLal, Nand2023-10-172023-10-172002-08-06Burrows, G.H., S. Hoban, R. Harberts, and N. Lal. “Framework for Scientific Communication in Earth and Space Science.” In Proceedings. Socioeconomic Dimensions of Electronic Publishing Workshop, 19–22, 1998. https://doi.org/10.1109/SEDEP.1998.730703.https://doi.org/10.1109/SEDEP.1998.730703http://hdl.handle.net/11603/30240Proceedings. Socioeconomic Dimensions of Electronic Publishing Workshop, 25-25 April 1998, Santa Barbara, CA, USAWe propose a framework for scientific communication that focuses on the value of the answers provided by science. The implementation would combine the advantages of flexible index/thesaurus, a comprehensive taxonomy/ontology, and an annotation/discussion environment. Using our experience with the NASA Digital Library Technology program we examine the social and economic issues involved in the acceptance of this new information technology by a community of scientists. We then speculate on opportunities provided for existing publishers within this new model of scientific communication.4 pagesen-USThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.Public Domain Mark 1.0http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Text