Roger Sheen
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Summary
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RockstarRoger Sheen is an information architect and content design operations specialist with 14 years’ experience making product information easy to understand, reuse, and maintain. Based in Potsdam, Germany, he focuses on clear, maintainable documentation and has contributed to high-profile open-source tooling like the DITA Open Toolkit, improving presentation, CSS consistency, and command syntax. He blends technical writing with practical engineering sensibilities, fixing UI and alignment issues that directly improve reader experience and usability. Known for attention to detail, he often catches small but impactful problems—typos, styling inconsistencies, and documentation clarity—that others overlook.
14 years of coding experience
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (10)
css10
publish10
dita10
documentation10
xslt9
xml9
gradle7
gradlew7
dita-ot6
ant5
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
dita-ot/dita-ot
Sep 2014 - Nov 2022
DITA Open Toolkit — the open-source publishing engine for content authored in the Darwin Information Typing Architecture.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer & Documentation Specialist
Technical Writer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:92 reviews, 201 commits, 141 PRs in 8 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Roger primarily contributed to the DITA Open Toolkit project by addressing documentation and presentation issues. Their commits include fixing typos in strings, correcting syntax in command descriptions, adjusting CSS to improve visual consistency, and updating the Gradle wrapper. They also worked on improving the alignment and styling of various elements, such as hazard statements and table of contents navigation. The user's contributions show a focus on refining the user experience and ensuring the accuracy and presentation of the documentation.
dita-otditapublishingxmldocumentation-tool
dita-ot/.github
Mar 2019 - Apr 2021
Default community health files for the DITA-OT organization
Contributions:1 review, 10 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 1 month
dita-otditahealth-fileshealthcommunity-health-files
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