<em>Norsk Ordbok</em> i den digitale tidsalderen

Abstract

A common challenge for the editing of historical and dialect dictionaries is the heterogeneity of the source material. Norsk Ordbok (NO) aims at providing a scholarly and exhaustive account of the vocabulary of Norwegian dialects from 1600 to the present and of the modern written standard Nynorsk, thus facing the heterogeneity in both dimensions. In 2002 a new and completely digital editorial system with a meta-index as a pivot part was implemented for NO. This index enables linking of each dictionary entry to its relevant available digital source material. The online dictionary has become an academic ‘enhanced publication’ with reproducible results. This well-defined interlinking of the digital material opens up for user-friendly interfaces and advanced search functions, illustrations, maps and publishing of the dictionary as Linked Open Data.