Menota Handbook 3.0
Guidelines for the electronic encoding of
Medieval Nordic primary sources

Appendix G: Linking to external resources

Version 3.0 (12 December 2019)

by Tarrin Wills

G.1 Authorities referenced by URN

Authority Name Source
dsn: Danmarks stednavne danmarksstednavne.navneforskning.ku.dk
fsvldb: Fornsvensk lexikalisk databas spraakbanken.gu.se/fsvldb
gdo: Gammeldansk ordbog gammeldanskordbog.dk
handrit: Handrit.is handrit.is
kartverket: Kartverket (Norge) kartverket.no
lanl: Simek and Pálsson, Lexicon der altnordisches Literatur (2007)
lm: Lantmäteriet lantmateriet.se
lmi: Landmælingar Íslands lmi.is
ngn: Norske Gaardnavne dokpro.uio.no/rygh_ng/rygh_felt.html
onp: Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog onp.ku.dk
sbi: Scandinavian Biographical Index
sdfe: Place-names (Stednavne) from Styrelsen for Dataforsyning og Effektivisering download.kortforsyningen.dk/content/stednavne

G.2 Reference types

  • event: a sequence of related actions at a particular time and place
  • lemma: headword form of a word
  • ms: manuscript, charter or other unique text-bearing object
  • person: a human being generally believed to live or have lived
  • place: a named location such as a settlement or geographical feature
  • thing: a reference to something not belonging to the other categories, such as a mythological being or object, or a fictional person
  • work: a textual work such as a saga, poem or learned text

G.3 List of non-URL URI formats used

Books published since c. 1970

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
urn isbn integer (ISBN number) volume, page
Example Thing referenced Source
urn:isbn:8270992615 Krömmelbein, T. Dritte grammatische Abhandlung 1998

 

Serials published since c. 1976 (including older volumes in the same journal)

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
urn issn integer (ISSN number) volume, issue, page
Example Thing referenced Source
urn:issn:03059219 Saga-Book of the Viking Society

 

Electronic published research

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
doi doi address page
Example Thing referenced Source
doi:10.1093/llc/fqt045 Wills, ‘Relational Data Modelling of Textual Corpora’ 2013 doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqt045

 

Headwords — West Norse

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: lemma onp integer (ONP database key from O_LEMMA table)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:lemma:onp:22938 forskáli, sb. onpweb.nfi.sc.ku.dk/webart/f/fo/22938ckron.htm

 

Headwords — Old Danish

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: lemma gdo string[,integer] (headword and optional homograph number from URL)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:lemma:gdo:skin,2 skin, sb. for mod. Dan. ‘skin’ (not mod. ‘skind’) gammeldanskordbog.dk/ordbog?aselect=skin,2&query=%25

 

Headwords — Old Swedish

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: lemma fsvldb (Fornsvensk lexikalisk databas) string[,class[,integer]] (headword + optional word class + optional homograph number based on order of results from web search)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:lemma:fsld:forskilia menota:lemma:skin,n,2 forskilia, vb.; skin, sb. for ‘skin’ spraakbanken.gu.se/fsvldb/

 

Manuscripts

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: ms handrit xml:id (from last part of URL)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:ms:handrit:JS04-0041 JS 41 4to handrit.is/da/manuscript/view/is/JS04-0041

 

Manuscripts

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: ms onp integer (ONP database key from ALREG table)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:ms:onp:8330 AM 173 d A 10 4° skaldic.abdn.ac.uk/m.php?p=onpms&i=8330

 

Manuscripts

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: ms onp string (ONP ms. siglum)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:ms:onp:AM%20173%20d%20A%2010%204 AM 173 d A 10 4° skaldic.abdn.ac.uk/m.php?p=onpms&i=8330

 

Manuscripts

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: ms fasnl xml:id
Example Thing referenced Source
TBA TBA

 

West Norse works (prose before 1540)

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: work onp integer (ONP’s database key, from URL, ultimately from VKTITEL table) chapter (using numbering of main ed.)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:work:onp:109#chapter=60 Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar onpweb.nfi.sc.ku.dk/vk/vk109.htm

 

West Norse works (prose after 1540, poetry after 1380)

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: work handrit string (Handrit.is’s most frequent ‘uniform’ title) chapter, section/stanza (using numbering of main ed.)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:work:handrit:Hrómundar+ rímur+Gripssonar Hrómundar rímur Gripssonar https://handrit.is/en/manuscript/list/uniform?v=Hrómundar+rímur+Gripssonar

 

Other Norse works

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: work lanl string (the Lexion’s bold headword)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:work:lanl:Hrómundar%20 saga%20Gripssonar Hrómundar saga Gripssonar Simek and Pálsson, Lexicon der altnordisches Literatur (2007)

 

Old Danish works

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: work gdo integer (GDO’s hard-to-find key) chapter (using numbering of main edition)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:work:gdo:251 DiplDan gammeldanskseddelsamling.dk/forside/kilde?id=251

 

People

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: person sbi string (full bolded entry head)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:person:sbi:Snorri%20Sturluson Scandinavian Biographical Index (there is no electronic way of referencing entries in this resource)

 

People

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: person handrit string (handrit’s letter+number siglum, from URL)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:person:handrit:SnoStu001 Snorri Sturluson handrit.is/da/biography/view/SnoStu001

 

Danish place names (current)

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: place sdfe integer (FEAT_ID value in shape file)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:place:sdfe:159733 Gammel Lejre / Hleiðagarðr download.kortforsyningen.dk/content/stednavne

 

Danish place names (historical)

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: place dsn integer (first column in exported Excel file)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:place:dsn:167334 Gammel Lejre / Hleiðagarðr danmarksstednavne.navneforskning.ku.dk

 

Icelandic place names (current)

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: place lmi integer (NAMEID value in shape file)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:place:lmi:18513 Helgafell (Fjall), Helgafellssveit atlas.lmi.is/LmiData/

 

Norwegian place names (current)

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: place kartverket integer (Stednummer)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:place:kartverket:558690 Trondheim / Niðaróss norgeskart.no

 

Norwegian place names (historical)

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: place ngn Gårdsnr, Sogn, Herred, Amt
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:place:ngn:70, Røken,Røken,Buskeruds%20amt Auvi søndre, Røken sn., Buskerud www.dokpro.uio.no/rygh_ng/rygh_felt.html

 

Swedish place names (current)

Type Authority Key format Fragment format (#)
menota: place lm Namn, Kommun, Län, Namntyp (only if unambiguous)
Example Thing referenced Source
menota:place:lm:Torsbro, Uppsala,Uppsala,Bebyggelse Torsbro, Uppland kso.etjanster.lantmateriet.se