Fabian Steeg
Software Developer at Hochschulbibliothekszentrum NRW (hbz)
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolFabian Steeg is a software developer with 20 years' experience building open library technology and public-good infrastructure, currently developing open web APIs, search, and data-processing tools at Hochschulbibliothekszentrum NRW (hbz) in Cologne. He combines deep Java backend expertise—evidenced by contributions to the jsonld-java project fixing JSON-LD edge cases—with practical experience deploying cloud and document-management backends (including AWS VPC and jclouds work). His background spans academic research and teaching in information retrieval, text mining and digital preservation, giving him a strong grounding in data modelling and linked open data. Known for preferring public infrastructure in public hands, he brings a pragmatic open-source mindset to government and library services.
20 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.A., M.A. at University of Cologne
German, English
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Github Skills (42)
debugging10
javadoc10
apidoc10
regex10
java10
arraylist10
javas10
api10
html10
xml10
json-ld10
rdf10
eclipse10
wildcard9
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
jsonld-java/jsonld-java
Mar 2014 - Nov 2020
JSON-LD implementation for Java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 37 commits, 16 PRs in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Fabian primarily contributed to the `jsonld-java/jsonld-java` repository by fixing bugs and implementing features related to JSON-LD processing. The user addressed issues such as `NullPointerException`s when compacting documents and added support for the `pruneBlankNodeIdentifiers` framing option. Furthermore, the user fixed an issue with the `pruneBlankNodeIdentifiers` feature and added and updated several tests for the project's API. These contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of JSON-LD specifications and the underlying Java implementation.
javajson-ldrdf
hbz/swib16-workshop
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:51 commits, 15 PRs, 62 pushes in 1 month
workshop
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