| Present-day country | Type | Composers and contributors |
| Commons | ||
| Netherlands | Markegenootschappen | Annelies Tukker (Utrecht University) |
| Belgium | Gemene Gronden | Tine De Moor (Utrecht University) |
| Netherlands / Belgium / Spain / England | Commons’ rules and regulations | Tine De Moor (Utrecht University / Rotterdam School of Management), René van Weeren (Utrecht University), Jaco Zuijderduijn (Utrecht University), José-Miguel Lana-Berasain (University of Navarre), Gloria Sanz Lafuente (University of Navarre), Mercedes Bogino Larrambebere (University of Navarre) , Angus Winchester (Lancaster University), James Bowen (Lancaster University) |
| Guilds | ||
| Netherlands | Journeymen’s boxes | This dataset is based on (among other sources) the work of Sandra Bos (Uyt liefde tot malcander: Onderlinge hulpverlening binnen de Noord-Nederlandse gilden in internationaal perspectief (1570-1820), 1998) and was expanded by Lotte van der Vleuten (Utrecht University) |
| Netherlands | Craft guilds | This dataset is based on the original dataset on Dutch guilds as composed by Piet Lourens and Jan Lucassen (both International Institute for Social History) and was further elaborated by Lotte van der Vleuten (Utrecht University) |
| Belgium | Craft guilds | This dataset is based on the original dataset on Flemish guilds as composed by Hugo Soly (Free University of Brussels) and Bert Demunck (University of Antwerp) and was further elaborated by Bert Demunck, Lien Bielen and Ellen Decraene (all University of Antwerp) |
| England | Craft guilds | Gary Richardson (UC Irvine) |
| Italy | Craft guilds | Luca Mocarelli, Andrea Caracausi, (Università di Milano Bicocca). |
| China | Craft guilds | This dataset was composed by Christine Moll-Murata (University of Bochum), Maike Düsterhaus and Masato Murata (both independent researchers). The data on the Beijing huiguan were collected by Richard Belsky (City University of New York) |
| Waterboards | ||
| Netherlands | Waterboards | This dataset is based on the original Waterschapsarchieven Database as composed by Ludy Giebels and Chris Streefkerk and was expanded by Milja van Tielhof (Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis). |
| Beguinages | ||
| Belgium | Beguinages | This dataset was composed on the basis of the work by Walter Simons (Cities of Ladies, 2001) and expanded by Tine De Moor (Utrecht University) |
| Netherlands | Beguinages | Tine De Moor (Utrecht University), Heleen Kole (Utrecht University) and Aart Vos (City archives of Den Bosch) |
| Germany | Beguinages | This dataset is entirely based on the work of F-M. Reichstein, Das Beginenwesen in Deutschland. Studien und Katalog (2001) |