The only way to allow someone to edit metadata in SDE is to basically grant them ownership (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) of layers, etc.
I would like to grant certain users the ability to edit just the metadata and not the underlying data.
Since the metadata is not stored in the same table as the vector/raster data, it should be simple to implement a new checkbox on the "Privileges" dialog box that grants users the ability to edit just the metadata.
