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Salomé Garnier

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Salomé Garnier

Over eleven months, contributed to the kobotoolbox/docs repository by delivering over 100 documentation features and targeted bug fixes that improved onboarding, data integrity, and user experience. Focused on restructuring and standardizing technical content, the work included API migration guides, XLSForm documentation, and enhancements to navigation and localization. Leveraged Python, Markdown, and CSS to implement SEO optimizations, UI refinements, and data validation improvements. Addressed user feedback by clarifying error messages and updating onboarding materials, while maintaining rigorous version control and documentation governance. These efforts reduced support overhead, accelerated developer onboarding, and ensured documentation remained accurate, accessible, and maintainable at scale.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

91%Features

Repository Contributions

287Total
Bugs
11
Commits
287
Features
110
Lines of code
14,201
Activity Months11

Work History

April 2026

19 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2026

April 2026 (Month: 2026-04) — Kobotoolbox/docs: Delivered a focused wave of documentation and UX refinements across the KoboToolbox platform, with emphasis on onboarding guidance, glossary enhancements, and clear context for account deletion and billing cycles. A targeted bug fix improved user feedback by correcting the formatting of the missing-question error message in forms. These efforts enhanced usability, data collection effectiveness, and maintainability, while strengthening localization support and cross-team collaboration.

March 2026

44 Commits • 21 Features

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 monthly summary for kobotoolbox/docs: Focused on delivering accuracy, usability, and onboarding improvements across the documentation set. Key work included documenting division-by-zero handling for calculations, improving documentation quality through hyperlinks/error-message fixes and formatting cleanup, removing outdated 2FA availability notes, expanding Form Builder and question-types guidance, and adding new documentation assets and Quick Start content to accelerate onboarding. These efforts enhance data reliability, user onboarding, and reduce support overhead.

February 2026

23 Commits • 14 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 monthly summary for kobotoolbox/docs focused on documentation and governance improvements with targeted data-quality fixes and UX enhancements. Key areas: - Documentation delivery and clarity across file handling, CSV requirements, media deletion notes, appearance-related docs, glossary, and data attachment guidance. - Data integrity improvements via decimal time input constraint. - Quality fixes for docs formatting, including media attachments deletion notes and XPath formatting. - Documentation governance updates: removal of outdated GPS references, project states in managing_projects, and UX enhancements like article template icon and files via upload. - Realism and testing enhancements: added age data to eligibility CSV example and additional data attachment guidance. Overall, these efforts reduce onboarding time, improve developer experience, and strengthen data validation and documentation quality.

January 2026

30 Commits • 8 Features

Jan 1, 2026

Month: 2026-01 – Kobotoolbox/docs development monthly summary focusing on delivering structured article content, SEO readiness, improved media handling, and enhanced documentation. Business value centers on improved content quality, search visibility, user data integrity, and streamlined project management. Key achievements delivered this month: - XLSForm article improvements: Simplified article formatting and renamed question options to improve readability and consistency in XLSForm-driven articles. (Commits: 1b55b2580defd73765e9c2ad608141a3428ee504; 5c9f0c5e963d76d2f81701257272894d4f3f9405) - Article template SEO and processing enhancements: Added noindex directive, introduced skip-processing logic, and removed index controls to optimize SEO handling and crawl efficiency. (Commits: 2efcf67df736e459370a369761c6e3df97f8a235; f774688a5e9dd28058487d66b532add57ab5026f; 6709c2454b79415813f5357e58d4512405ce2cb4) - HXL and file upload enhancements: Enabled HXL column support and file uploads within articles to enrich data representation and contributor workflows. (Commits: 8972139fe64f12089d7e0f44e3ebb5b75980c90f; 43e4b0c0fe32557f6ba564d02b1f5ae8d50f12d3) - Media handling enhancements: Implemented file size restrictions for media uploads and documented EXIF data collection for uploaded images to improve data governance and provenance. (Commits: 28f369e652f725c3819e193cfb84c18752116385) - Documentation and metadata updates + UI improvements: Comprehensive documentation updates (translations, metadata descriptions, pulldata clarification, quick start, etc.), project settings UI updates and permissions ordering, and link improvements to reflect current UI, plus capitalization fix for 'validation status' across docs. (Multiple commits across 020b9ff9826ed0f5e225a139ad24a71c56930441; af653bb67285d52f37e1e9c1518021e00c014b4e; 96181b44124d14d07d60a459bfe18f219eea0359; 7e74acf0541d307d402a35b3ccecf45235258545; 8152bf9d3ba47f7c99c19c853f44d633220beb54; f3c594b314f2e5d7da5cf72e85ce99424eb6caa1; 0b2d322a3346e93f848958e62a49e5b9f0e2e24b)

December 2025

42 Commits • 20 Features

Dec 1, 2025

Monthly summary for 2025-12 focused on delivering extensive documentation updates and quality improvements in the kobotoolbox/docs repository. Key features delivered include updates to pull_data_kobotoolbox.md, dynamic_data_attachment.md, and a broad set of KB docs covering XLSForm workflows, API migration, and data collection (KoboCollect/Enketo). Also completed documentation cleanup (recovering_previous_formdata.md deletion) and onboarding guidance for project setup, XLSForm references, and terminology. Major bugs fixed include: (1) documentation layout improvements and horizontal rule corrections; (2) pulldata function syntax corrections; (3) end_group renamed to end_repeat in docs; and (4) locking profiles documentation typo fix. These fixes reduce user confusion and improve doc accuracy. Overall impact: enhanced documentation accuracy, consistency, and discoverability, enabling faster onboarding and reducing support tickets. Technical achievements demonstrate strong MD/document tooling, large-scale content curation, and cross-repo consistency (glossary/index synchronization, naming standardization).

November 2025

37 Commits • 20 Features

Nov 1, 2025

Month 2025-11 focused on strengthening developer experience and documentation quality in kobotoolbox/docs. Delivered major API docs enhancements, a sweeping XLSForm documentation refresh, and updated media/interview guidance, while removing obsolete materials to improve repo hygiene. These efforts reduce onboarding time, accelerate integrations, and improve consistency and guidance for contributors and users.

October 2025

14 Commits • 1 Features

Oct 1, 2025

October 2025 performance summary focused on KoboToolbox/docs documentation improvements, with a strong emphasis on navigation, content, and formatting enhancements. Delivered a comprehensive documentation revamp that improves user onboarding, reduces support friction, and enhances site reliability. Key achievements: - Delivered KoboToolbox/docs documentation revamp with enhanced navigation, updated Getting Started content, and improved readability/formatting. - Expanded validation guidance coverage and added new Getting Started articles to reduce onboarding friction and support requests. - Implemented extensive link and navigation fixes, including corrections for the KoboToolbox organization page, About Us links, and header/footer references. - Updated Intro to KoboToolbox article and related welcome content to improve onboarding clarity and resource discoverability. - Established documentation polish and consistency across the repository, including bold formatting and TOC updates, and removed deprecated index entries for cleaner navigation. Major commits (representative): 9c216c0650cac549ce4c2836cb5b8a588a47357a (Update validation criteria documentation); 7f800b38e7b07803e7abd456195dd5519b03240e (Update links); f7c0f5afa58cad4b40bd6075209daef21a83ee6b (Fix link to KoboToolbox organization page); 4f61217be634a4d53b25c1d279cf75ef0050683c (Fix footer link to Kobo Inc. About us page); 0733abf74f1ca0df0c6905c2a9997db3e43ca09c (Update About Us link in header.html); c28408bcba72294fbf083be2b7edf81dc28d7b2f (Remove 'about_kobotoolbox' from index); 1327d17c479eda23a7c7c0b3a0b3d79f5291525f (Add new articles to Getting Started); 43e54736db5662a313d79d5a11d74eb9de48026a (Update Intro to KoboToolbox article); 6b49e25820efe5bf632a3eabc9f1cdea33fda532 (Minor edits). Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Documentation tooling and content strategy (Markdown/HTML), link validation, and TOC/navigation design. - Version control discipline (commented commits, incremental improvements). - Focus on accessibility, readability, and onboarding experience for end users.

September 2025

44 Commits • 14 Features

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 monthly summary for kobotoolbox/docs. Focused on delivering user-facing enhancements, global localization, and documentation quality improvements that increase clarity, reduce onboarding time, and support broader adoption. The work combined feature updates, content localization, and targeted bug fixes to improve navigation, consistency, and maintainability across the docs site.

August 2025

22 Commits • 7 Features

Aug 1, 2025

In August 2025, delivered a comprehensive set of documentation improvements for the kobotoolbox/docs repository, enhancing security documentation, content maintenance, migration onboarding, file handling, and UI readability. The work focused on standardization, clarity, and maintainability to reduce support overhead and accelerate developer onboarding, while reinforcing best practices across the documentation site.

July 2025

11 Commits • 3 Features

Jul 1, 2025

July 2025 (Month: 2025-07) delivered three major documentation-focused initiatives in kobotoolbox/docs, including unified community feedback channels, a standardized support article template, and enhanced documentation navigation. Implemented through targeted commits across templates, article_template.md, and index updates, these changes improve user experience, reduce support overhead, and establish scalable documentation practices.

June 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025 monthly summary for kobotoolbox/docs focused on improving Formbuilder documentation flow and maintainability. Delivered targeted content reorganization to enhance readability and navigation, with a traceable commit to update the documentation structure.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness100.0%
Maintainability100.0%
Architecture99.8%
Performance99.8%
AI Usage20.2%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

CSSHTMLMarkdownPythonRSTSCSSSassYAMLreStructuredText

Technical Skills

API MigrationAPI designAPI developmentAPI managementCSSCSS StylingCSV handlingContent CreationContent ManagementContent WritingDocumentationDocumentation ManagementFront End DevelopmentFront end developmentFront-end Development

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

kobotoolbox/docs

Jun 2025 Apr 2026
11 Months active

Languages Used

RSTMarkdownYAMLCSSSCSSHTMLSassreStructuredText

Technical Skills

DocumentationContent CreationContent ManagementDocumentation ManagementAPI MigrationCSS