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Raphaelle Cantin

Worked extensively on the wellcomecollection/docs repository, delivering features that enhanced content management, API integration, and user experience. Developed and documented new API endpoints, implemented hybrid indexing strategies for exhibitions, and introduced curated collections workflows using Prismic. Refactored frontend components in React and TypeScript to support diverse content types, including video and PDF, improving maintainability and extensibility. Led RFC-driven design for knowledge graph enrichment and CMS strategy, ensuring traceability and alignment with business goals. Focused on clear technical documentation in Markdown and YAML, streamlined deployment processes, and improved configuration management, resulting in a more scalable, API-centric, and user-friendly documentation platform.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

87%Features

Repository Contributions

50Total
Bugs
2
Commits
50
Features
13
Lines of code
2,351
Activity Months7

Work History

June 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Jun 1, 2026

June 2026 — wellcomecollection/docs Key outcomes: - Delivered Item Viewer: Dedicated rendering component for non-image content (video, audio, PDF, archives). Refactor clarifies responsibilities and improves functionality by isolating non-image rendering logic from image rendering. Major bugs fixed: - No documented major bugs fixed for this repository in June 2026. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Enhances maintainability and extensibility of the Item Viewer, enabling reliable rendering of diverse content types and paving the way for future formats. - Reduces risk of regressions through clearer separation of rendering concerns and streamlined testing. - Establishes a stable foundation for rapid delivery of non-image content features across the docs site, contributing to a smoother user experience. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Frontend componentization and refactoring, separation of concerns, and disciplined commit hygiene. Notable commit: edb6340be10e69276bc8df9f8b8866f2c39fe20d ("Tidy post extendedViewer toggle removal"). Business value: - Faster delivery of support for non-image content types, improved UX for end users viewing diverse media, and lower maintenance costs through clearer, testable rendering paths.

May 2026

6 Commits • 2 Features

May 1, 2026

May 2026 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments in wellcomecollection/docs. Delivered kiosk mode for iPad museum setting, fixed documentation typo, and updated Dependabot config to reduce PR noise. Enhanced visitor experience, improved deployment docs, and streamlined development workflow.

February 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 monthly summary for wellcomecollection/docs: Focused on CMS strategy and documentation to optimize for Curated Collections with API-centric workflows. Delivered a strategic decision to discontinue Prismic integration and initiated evaluation of alternative CMS options. No major bug fixes were reported this month as work centered on architecture and documentation. This sets the foundation for more scalable, API-driven content delivery.

January 2026

5 Commits • 1 Features

Jan 1, 2026

Delivered Curated Collections in Prismic for wellcomecollection/docs: introduced a curated collections content type, published an RFC detailing the curation workflow, and overhauled documentation to clarify workflows (theme cards, teaser texts, content reuse) and readability. This work enables scalable, consistent content curation and reuse across collections, accelerates editor onboarding, and reinforces governance and content quality.

June 2025

4 Commits • 1 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025 monthly summary for wellcomecollection/docs: Focused on laying the groundwork for Knowledge Graph Enrichment of the Catalogue API via RFC 076. Delivered an initial RFC draft, defined the Related Works component logic (subject labels and date-range querying), and completed related documentation updates across the RFC lifecycle. No customer-visible bug fixes this month; emphasis was on design, documentation, and alignment to enable future data enrichment. Business impact: establishes the foundation for richer catalogue data, improved discovery, and traceability through RFC-driven processes. Technologies and skills demonstrated include Knowledge Graph concepts, API data modelling, RFC tooling and processes, and comprehensive cross-repo documentation." ,

February 2025

5 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025: Delivered Exhibitions content integration and search enhancements in wellcomecollection/docs. Expanded the Content API to include Exhibitions, introduced a hybrid indexing strategy (exhibitions index plus inclusion in the events index), refined data formatting for filtering and display, and updated RFC/docs to reflect new indexing and querying capabilities. Documented indexing decisions and example usage to guide downstream applications and listings. These changes improve discoverability of exhibitions, enable richer listings, and establish a foundation for future enhancements.

November 2024

28 Commits • 6 Features

Nov 1, 2024

Month 2024-11 for wellcomecollection/docs: Delivered structured documentation updates, API groundwork for content transformation, and catalogue/search enhancements. Achieved measurable improvements in maintainability, discoverability, and readiness for API consumers.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness91.2%
Maintainability91.2%
Architecture90.8%
Performance84.8%
AI Usage21.2%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

MarkdownTypeScriptYAML

Technical Skills

API DesignAPI DevelopmentAPI IntegrationAPI integrationConfiguration ManagementContent ManagementContent ModelingData ModelingData TransformationDevOpsDocument TransformationDocumentationElasticsearchFile ManagementPrismic

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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wellcomecollection/docs

Nov 2024 Jun 2026
7 Months active

Languages Used

MarkdownTypeScriptYAML

Technical Skills

API DesignAPI DevelopmentAPI IntegrationContent ManagementContent ModelingData Modeling