Erik Siegel Email & Phone Number

Groningen, The Netherlands

Xatapult, a company specialized in Content Engineering and Technical Documentation.

Groningen, Netherlands

XProc is an XML programming language for complex data processing using pipelines. I'm volunteering as one of the four editors in crafting the XProc 3.0 specification. Together with many other working group participants we work on this new version of the language.There is now also a book: XProc 3.0 - Programmer reference, published by XML Press.

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

Nictiz maintains the Dutch healthcare standards. My task is to refactor a large and technologically dated Ant based system for supporting this into an XProc 3 one.

Amsterdam

Helping John Benjamins with their eXist based software stack.

Houten, The Netherlands

Spiraltrain provides courses for software developers. I provide XML related training for them on topics such as XML basics, XSLT and Schemas.

Groningen, Netherlands

Helping zwangerenportaal (and linked companies) processing their healthcare XML messages. For instance turning various types of XML messages into HL7 (HL7 is the international healthcare messaging standard), validation of XML messages, creating batch conversions, etc.All this is done using the XProc 3.0 standard!

Amsterdam

Helping John Benjamins managing their eXist server installations and with several other content engineering related things.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

John Benjamins Publishing company is a small scientific publisher based in Amsterdam. I performed an audit on their content chain, content standards, content creation process and accompanying systems for John Benjamins Publishing Company in Amsterdam. This resulted in a report with recommendations on how to proceed.

Amersfoort, The Netherlands

Consultancy and support for ThiemeMeulenhoff's new content development environment.Development and maintenance of a large Cocoon based application for transforming XML.

Amersfoort, The Netherlands

Advising internal projects on ICT aspects. Developing ICT architecture plans.Building and maintaining a large Cocoon based conversion application.

Den Haag

Helped Nictiz manage their eXist installations for ART-DECOR.

Rewriting and restructuring the eXist-db technical documentation.

Groningen

As a content engineer I support Noordhoff with regard to their their publishing tool chain. This ranges from consultancy on content matters to programming (mostly XSLT).

Groningen

As a content architect I help Noordhoff Uitgevers in streamlining their content production. An important part of this was designing and developing a custom made content model called ICoM. This model combines all the good parts of DITA and QTI. It starts with a solid base and is on top of that fully configurable to cater for all the different content types.

Groningen

As an IT Architect I try to consolidate the IT efforts of Infinitas Learning and Noordhoff Uitgevers, especially with regard to content production and presentation.

Groningen, The Netherlands

Working for Noordhoff Publishers as a Publishing Consultant and Content Engineer.

Utrecht, The Netherlands

The CvTE is responsible for the DEP: The Dutch Exam Profile. This is a IMS QTI based standard for transferring exams between the exam producers/developers and the system that takes care of the examinations. The DEP was developed by CITO. My role is to document the DEP so it can be used as public profile.

Den Bosch, The Netherlands

Consultancy to make Malmberg's publishing architecture more future proof. Development of a central XML based content model. Writing several Xproc based legacy content converters.

Groningen, The Netherlands

Together with Adam Retter writing a book about the eXist XML application platform (http://www.exist-db.org). Have a look: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920026525.do

Groningen

Main designer/architect for two Dutch XML vocabularies for Kennisnet (http://www.kennisnet.nl):- Transferring questions (based on IMS QTI): http://www.nlqti.nl- Transferring test results between systems: http://www.uwlr.nlTogether with key users the vocabularies were developed. I wrote the documentation, schemas and examples.

Design of a custom version of the general QTI vocabulary for internal use by Elsevier. Activities included developing documentation, schemas and examples.

Development of a rather complicated conversion application. This application took Adobe Indesign (IDML) input files and transformed these to a much simpler XML format, suitable for an iPad app. All was based on the eXist platform.

Woerden

Kenteq has its training content stored in a CMS. This CMS is integrated with several other systems in a rather complicated way. There are currently several demands for new functionality. I'm investigating how the system setup can be changed to make these changes possible.

Providing training in basic XML and XSLT. The XSLT course was developed by me.

Publishing an XML related consultancy

Managing a small development department

Various postings and jobs

Work on various KPN internal ICT systems

Research related to innovative ICT and communication developments