Charles Horn
Metadata Wrangler
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Horn is a Metadata Wrangler with 14 years of technical experience, currently managing and curating digital collections at the Internet Archive from Wellington, New Zealand. His background spans embedded systems engineering and quality-focused roles—ranging from Software Developer in Test to Lead Test Consultant—bringing a rigorous, test-driven approach to metadata workflows. He pairs a B.Com in Information Systems with an uncommon B.A. Hons in Classics, which informs a meticulous, context-aware perspective on cataloguing and data provenance. Comfortable bridging engineering and humanities, he has also applied creative sound design in theatre, demonstrating an ability to translate technical skills into multidisciplinary projects. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions to complex data integrity and ingestion problems across large-scale archival systems.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.Com (Information Systems and Technology) / B.A. Hons (Classics), Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, B.Com (Information Systems and Technology) / B.A. Hons (Classics), Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at University of Canterbury
Github Skills (184)
python10
api-client10
command-line-interface10
python-client10
oas10
specification10
lxml10
openapi10
client-library10
openlibrary10
api10
phone-number10
rest10
warc10
points10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
hornc/internetarchive
Jan 2018 - Sep 2022
A Python and Command-Line Interface to Archive.org
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 8 months
command-line-toolpythoncommand-line-interfacearchivepython3
hornc/marcia
Dec 2017 - Sep 2022
MARC conversions for IA
Contributions:83 commits, 12 PRs, 47 pushes in 4 years 9 months
conversionsmarc21marc
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