MusicBrainz Identifier
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MusicBrainz is a comprehensive music database that allows people and computers to have conversations about music; however, any musical entity being discussed must be uniquely identified for a discussion to have maximum value. To this end, MusicBrainz assigns a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) to each musical entity within the MusicBrainz Database and refers to them as MusicBrainz Identifiers (MBIDs).
MusicBrainz assigns the following MBIDs:
- Artist MBIDs, used to identify an artist, use an absolute URI in the form of
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/<MBID> - Label MBIDs, used to identify a label, use an absolute URI in the form of
http://musicbrainz.org/label/<MBID> - Release MBIDs, used to identify a release, use an absolute URI in the form of
http://musicbrainz.org/release/<MBID> - Release group MBIDs, used to identify a release group, use an absolute URI in the form of
http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/<MBID> - Track MBIDs, used to identify a track, use an absolute URI in the form of
http://musicbrainz.org/track/<MBID>
These MBIDs are also used in the tagging process by various MusicBrainz Taggers. See MusicBrainz Tag for more detailed information.
Other identifiers used by MusicBrainz
- Disc ID: An ID calculated from the TOC of a CD.
- PUID: The IDs used in the proprietary MusicDNS audio fingerprinting system operated by MusicIP.
