Claudius Teodorescu
Software Developer at Independent Information Technology Consultant
Cristian, Braşov, Romania
Summary
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Top SchoolClaudius Teodorescu is a seasoned software developer with over 20 years of programming experience and 13 years of professional practice, specializing in XML-centric systems, web applications, and ontologies. He has deep expertise in eXist-db, XQuery/XProc pipelines, XForms and related XML toolchains, and in recent years has broadened into Rust and WebAssembly development. As an independent consultant and long-term contributor to the notable eXist-db open-source project, he has improved core XML parsing functions and error handling, demonstrating a focus on robust backend tooling. His background spans academic research projects—designing the architecture and Oxygen plugins for the Romanian Academic Dictionary—and practical engineering for publishing and ERP systems. Comfortable bridging humanities and engineering, he pairs philological training and multilingual skills with pragmatic software architecture for complex, metadata-rich applications.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
"Transilvania" University, Brașov, RomâniaReserve Officer SchoolColegiul National "Ionita Asan"Certified translator, English, Certified translator, English at Ministry of Culture, RomaniaMaster of Science (MS), Aerospace Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Aerospace Engineering at Universitatea „Politehnica” din București
Romanian, English, French
Github Skills (8)
xquery10
xml10
javas10
xpath10
xml-database10
java10
xslt5
application-server4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
eXist-db/exist
Mar 2014 - Mar 2019
eXist Native XML Database and Application Platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 15 PRs, 42 comments in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Claudius made several contributions focused on enhancing the eXist-db XML database functionality. They replaced deprecated exceptions and added new functions like `fn:parse-xml()` and `fn:parse-xml-fragment()` for parsing XML strings. Additionally, the user implemented error code improvements for the parsing functions, improving the quality of error messages and corrected issues. These changes indicate the user's involvement in extending and refining the core functionalities of the eXist-db project.
nosqlxml-databasexmlxprocxquery
exc-asia-and-europe/mods-editor
Dec 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:55 commits, 10 PRs, 1 push in 6 months
editormods
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