Stefanie Rühle works at the Data Conversion Group of the State and University Library in Göttingen and is responsible for metadata supply to zvdd (Zentrales Verzeichnis Digitalisierter Drucke) and the German Digital Library (DDB). She works primarily on the analysis, conversion, and modeling of cultural heritage metadata with a particular focus on Linked Data.

Stefanie is co-chair of the DINI AG KIM (Competence Center for Interoperable Metadata) and has been involved in DCMI work since 2008.