if it is user-generated content or if it has been approved by the editorial staff. The vision is that the online version will be the Dane's preferred choice for updated and trustworthy information, maintaining the status of a traditional encyclopedia. Gyldendal sought to recruit about 1,500 subject matter experts to verify user contributions to the about 161,000 articles - by March 2009 about 1,100 experts had been enrolled. The permanent editorial staff comprises 20 persons. Copyright The original articles from Den Store Danske Encyclopædi can be used freely but cannot be distributed or used commercially. The new articles (made by the users) can be used freely provided the source is referenced using a deep link. Den Store Danske is covered by the Danish copyright law and it belongs to Gyldendal. See also List of Danish online encyclopedic resources References External links Den store Danske Danish encyclopedias Gyldendal books 1994 non-fiction books 20th-century encyclopedias 21st-century encyclopedias