Patricia O'connor
Technical Writer II at Johnson Controls
Maynooth, Ireland
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Top SchoolPatricia O'connor is a Technical Writer II and Digital Humanities PhD whose eight-year career bridges medieval manuscript scholarship and practical technical documentation. She specialises in TEI/EpiDoc XML encoding, has applied HTR tools like eScriptorium to revive damaged and marginal medieval texts, and has contributed to high-profile projects at Oxford, École nationale des chartes and the OG(H)AM project. At Johnson Controls she translates specialist product knowledge into DITA-based documentation and polished Illustrator graphics, combining academic rigour with production-focused clarity. Comfortable both with AI-assisted visual restoration workflows and meticulous markup standards, she brings a rare blend of palaeography, computational methods, and user-centred documentation practice. Based in Maynooth, Ireland, she is equally adept at public outreach—publishing project blogs—and at creating machine-readable editions that improve access to medieval marginalia.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
FETAC Level 6, Therapeutic Play Skills, FETAC Level 6, Therapeutic Play Skills at Cork College of CommerceLeaving Certificate, English, French, Mathematics, Irish, History, Chemistry and Accounting., Leaving Certificate, English, French, Mathematics, Irish, History, Chemistry and Accounting. at St Mary's Secondary School, Convent of MercyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Digital Humanities and Old English Literature, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Digital Humanities and Old English Literature at University College Cork
French, Irish, English, old english, Latin
Github Skills (15)
xml10
openoffice10
xml-schema10
stylesheets10
odt10
text-encoding10
encoding10
schematron10
xslt10
tei9
css9
documentation4
omeka2
mirador1
iiif1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
lguariento/og-h-am
Apr 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1206 pushes in 11 months
trishaoconnor/on-the-margins-of-history
Apr 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:148 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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