During their work on the TEIC/TEI repository, Steven Bauman focused on schema development and documentation to enhance maintainability and data quality. He reorganized the TEI module’s attribute class inclusions, adding explanatory comments to clarify schema structure without altering user-facing behavior, which improved long-term maintainability. Later, he addressed metadata reliability by correcting spelling errors in XMP elements and extending the TEI schema with new source and versionDate attributes, supporting richer metadata and provenance tracking. Working primarily with XML and schema definition, Steven’s contributions demonstrated careful attention to both technical detail and the broader needs of data consistency and traceability.