Massive ordbokspalter i transparent presentasjon – NAOB på nett: samspillet mellom datastruktur, innhold og brukergrensesnitt

Abstract

The Norwegian Academy’s Dictionary (NAOB) is planned to be published digitally in 2014. The transformation of the massive 20th-century dictionary Norsk Riksmålsordbok into a user-orientated publication on the Internet poses special challenges to data structuring and presentation techniques. The NAOB project aims to provide the Norwegian public and research community with an easily accessible and authoritative lexicographical documentation of the majority language variants Bokmål and Riksmål, and, also, a suitable platform for future updating and development. Internet publishing offers a new world of opportunities for user-friendly presentation compared to last century’s book publishing format – if one makes the right choices regarding data structure. In this article, the author gives a systematic presentation of the NAOB project’s insights and solutions, hopefully of relevance for other extensive national dictionary projects in the future.