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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">[[Image:Attention.png]] '''Status:''' ''Warning! This is a working draft for the discussion going on the style mailing list: [http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-style/2006-November/004038.html http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-style/2006-November/004038.html]. It's not official in any way!''
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">[[Image:Attention.png]] '''Status:''' ''Warning! This is a working draft for the discussion going on the style mailing list: [http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-style/2006-November/004038.html http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-style/2006-November/004038.html]. It's not official in any way!''
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=Label=


Labels in [[MusicBrainz]] are used to describe the following entities:
Labels in [[MusicBrainz]] are used to describe the following entities:
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* a distribution company: a company distributing releases for other labels in specific countries (ZYX)
* a distribution company: a company distributing releases for other labels in specific countries (ZYX)
* a production label: a company producing releases (Sire Records)
* a production label: a company producing releases (Sire Records)
* a subdivision, a subsidiary (or in some rare case a collection name) (Original Jazz Classics)
* a subdivision, a subsidiary (or in some rare cases a collection name) (Original Jazz Classics)


==Information about labels stored in the database==
==Information about labels stored in the database==
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* [[Label Sortname|LabelSortname]]
* [[Label Sortname|LabelSortname]]
* [[Label Alias|LabelAlias]]
* [[Label Alias|LabelAlias]]

Many other kinds of information can be represented using [[Advanced Relationships|AdvancedRelationships]]. You can read [[Advanced Relationship Type|AdvancedRelationshipType]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s for informations on all kind of relationships, or more specifically check [[Label Relationship Class|LabelRelationshipClass]] for label centric informations.


==Editing labels==
==Editing labels==
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** [[Edit Label Edit|EditLabelEdit]]
** [[Edit Label Edit|EditLabelEdit]]
** [[Merge Labels Edit|MergeLabelsEdit]]
** [[Merge Labels Edit|MergeLabelsEdit]]

==Advanced Relationships==

Labels can have ARs in the [[Business Association Relationship Class|BusinessAssociationRelationshipClass]].

Labels can have ARs in the [[Discography Relationship Class|DiscographyRelationshipClass]]:
* [[Official Homepage Relationship Type|OfficialHomepageRelationshipType]]: indicates the official website of the label
** ''label'' '''has an official homepage at''' ''url''
** ''url'' '''is the official home page of label''' ''label''

* [[History Relationship Type|HistoryRelationshipType]]: provides a link to pages where an history of the label is located
** ''label'' '''has an history at''' ''url''
** ''url'' '''presents the history of label''' ''label''

* [[Discography Relationship Type|DiscographyRelationshipType]]: provides a link to a list of recordings the label has released
** ''label'' '''has a discography at''' ''url''
** ''url'' '''presents a discography by label''' ''label''

* [[Image Relationship Type|ImageRelationshipType]]: provides a link to an official logo of the label
** ''label'' '''has a logo at''' ''url''
** ''url'' '''is a logo of label ''' ''label''

Labels can have ARs in the [[Other Databases Relationship Class|OtherDatabasesRelationshipClass]]:
* [[Wikipedia Relationship Type|WikipediaRelationshipType]]:
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">This provides a link between a label and its [http://wikipedia.org Wikipedia] page. See also [[Link Wikipedia And MusicBrainz|LinkWikipediaAndMusicBrainz]].
</ul>
* [[Discogs Relationship Type|DiscogsRelationshipType]]:
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">This links a label to its [http://discogs.com Discogs] page.
</ul>

Last, similarly to [[Production Relationship Class|ProductionRelationshipClass]], we can have relations between artists and labels, to describe the work done by these artists in a label. They are similar in purpose to [[Producer Relationship Type|ProducerRelationshipType]], [[Engineer Relationship Type|EngineerRelationshipType]], [[Miscellaneous Production Relationship Type|MiscellaneousProductionRelationshipType]]:
* [[Producer Position Relationship Type|ProducerPositionRelationshipType]]: describes the fact a person did some production work for a label company.
** ''artist A'' '''worked as a producer for''' ''label B'' {during period YYYY-MM-DD - YYYY-MM-DD}
** ''label B'' '''contracted as a producer''' ''artist A'' {during period YYYY-MM-DD - YYYY-MM-DD}

* [[Engineer Position Relationship Type|EngineerPositionRelationshipType]]: describes the fact a person did some engineer work for a label company.
** ''artist A'' '''worked as an engineer for''' ''label B'' {during period YYYY-MM-DD - YYYY-MM-DD}
** ''label B'' '''contracted as an engineer''' ''artist A'' {during period YYYY-MM-DD - YYYY-MM-DD}

* [[Creative Position Relationship Type|CreativePositionRelationshipType]]: describes the fact a person did some creative work for a label company. This AR should be used to describe all various kind of work in that field (illustration, art direction, photography, etc...)
** ''artist A'' '''had a creative position at''' ''label B'' {during period YYYY-MM-DD - YYYY-MM-DD}
** ''label B'' '''contracted as a creative person''' ''artist A'' {during period YYYY-MM-DD - YYYY-MM-DD}


==Informative external resources about labels==
==Informative external resources about labels==
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==Discussion==
==Discussion==


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* The use of a label entity for collections names must be made with extra-care. Definitely, one must not use collection names printed on the front cover as a label name, but only if the collection name is printed in place of the label name, and is really used by the producing label as is. For example, any of the "Verve Jazz Masters" releases are from label Verve, dot, and "Jazz Masters" should be part of the release name. Compare this with the Original Jazz Classics releases, by label Fantasy. -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 21:22, 03 November 2006 (UTC)
* The use of the word "catalog" has been suggested instead of "discography", the argument being this is the exact word used in the record industry. On the other hand, using the word "discography" let us reuse the existing [[Discography Relationship Type|DiscographyRelationshipType]] instead of creating a new one. If catalog is to be used, the AR would be:
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Although... it's somewhat an interesting side-effect to be able to use phony labels as collection names...
** [[Catalog Relationship Type|CatalogRelationshipType]]: provides a link to a list of recordings the label has released
*** ''label'' '''has a catalog at''' ''url''
*** ''url'' '''presents a catalog of records released by label''' ''label''

<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">-- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 21:22, 03 November 2006 (UTC)
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* The same rewording could be used for the [[Image Relationship Type|ImageRelationshipType]] which for labels is indeed [[Logo Relationship Type|LogoRelationshipType]] -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 21:22, 03 November 2006 (UTC)
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* The use of a label entity for collections names must be made with extra-care. Definitely, one must not use collection names printed on the front cover as a label name, but only if the collection name is printed in place of the label name, and is really used by the producing label as is. For example, any of the "Verve Jazz Masters" releases are from label Verve, dot, and "Jazz Masters" should be part of the release name. Compare this with the Original Jazz Classics releases, by label Fantasy. -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 21:22, 03 November 2006 (UTC)


[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:Label]]
[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:Label]]

Revision as of 07:01, 5 November 2006

Labels

Labels in MusicBrainz are used to describe the following entities:

  • a holding company: a company controlling a number of other labels (mainly the four big ones: EMI Group, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony BMG)
  • a distribution company: a company distributing releases for other labels in specific countries (ZYX)
  • a production label: a company producing releases (Sire Records)
  • a subdivision, a subsidiary (or in some rare cases a collection name) (Original Jazz Classics)

Information about labels stored in the database

These fields are stored directly in each label's record:

  • LabelID: the UUID of the label (not editable)
  • LabelName: the name of the label
  • LabelCode: the unique code of the label
  • LabelBeginDate: this is the creation date (or "first used name" date) of the label entity
  • LabelEndDate: this is the date at which the company went bankrupt, was dismantled, or the name was used for the last time
  • LabelComment: field to distinguish between identically named labels
  • LabelAnnotation: general information about the label that may be of interest to other users
  • LabelCountry: the country in which the company was founded
  • LabelType: the "type" of the label

Possibly also:

Many other kinds of information can be represented using AdvancedRelationships. You can read AdvancedRelationshipTypes for informations on all kind of relationships, or more specifically check LabelRelationshipClass for label centric informations.

Editing labels

Any MusicBrainz user can edit labels in several ways:

Informative external resources about labels

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The following sites are useful to find labels homepages:

Wikipedia has an extensive labels list, and a lot of articles:

Genre oriented resources:

Global market share overview:

  • There are mainly "4 big ones": Universal Music Group, EMI Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony BMG who own a vast majority of all other labels.

Known problems and limitations

The system currently has known limitations, that may be solved later:

  • Ideally, we could be able to attach multiple release events (release date and country) to a unique catalog number / EAN. -- dmppanda 21:22, 03 November 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

  • The use of a label entity for collections names must be made with extra-care. Definitely, one must not use collection names printed on the front cover as a label name, but only if the collection name is printed in place of the label name, and is really used by the producing label as is. For example, any of the "Verve Jazz Masters" releases are from label Verve, dot, and "Jazz Masters" should be part of the release name. Compare this with the Original Jazz Classics releases, by label Fantasy. -- dmppanda 21:22, 03 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Although... it's somewhat an interesting side-effect to be able to use phony labels as collection names...
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