Christian-Emil Smith Ore

Christian-Emil Smith Ore is an Associate Professor and head of the Unit for Digital Documentation (EDD) at the University of Oslo. With 25+ years in digital humanities, he focuses on cultural heritage documentation, lexicography, and electronic text editions. His work emphasizes standards like TEI for text encoding and CIDOC-CRM for data interchange to enable cross-disciplinary research integration.

Research interests span:

• Digital methods for cultural heritage preservation
• Lexicographic research and corpus linguistics
• Semantic modeling of historical texts
• Development of digital infrastructures for humanities research
• Cross-institutional data interoperability

Publications from 2017-2024 demonstrate consistent focus on lexicographic innovation, archaeological data modeling, and digital preservation. Key thematic clusters include:

• Evolution of Norwegian lexicography and language standardization
• Semantic frameworks for cultural heritage data integration
• Digital tools for historical text analysis and dictionary development

Professional leadership includes:

• Co-founding the Medieval Nordic Text Archive (menota.org)
• Chairing Digital Humanities in Nordic countries (DHN)
• Co-chairing TEI ontology SIG
• Leading conceptual modeling for Archaeological Digital Excavation Documentation (ADED) infrastructure