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'''Status:''' ''We (well mostly [[User:Dupuy|Dupuy]]) are currently [[Restructuring The Documentation|RestructuringTheDocumentation]]; i.e. moving the MusicBrainzDocumentation from the main server into the Wiki. The docs on the homepage are often quite dated, so we will try to update and intertwingle them here. But '''this is work in progress''', so beware and read the status notices!'' |
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Right now this page is roughly structured into docs for users, for developers and other. It would probably be better to have ''different'' structures that present the documentation. So I hereby invite everyone to invent and add categories likefor the following pages. Just go ahead and create some! We can sort it out later --[[User:DonRedman|DonRedman]] |
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''I am not sure how much of this stuff really belongs here. Some of it is probably better of in [[MusicBrainz Development]]. --[[User:DonRedman]] |
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''The following pages are pretty messy, partially outdated, and make extensive use of [[Bad WikiName]]s.'' |
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Revision as of 23:00, 21 May 2009
User Documentation
- How Tos
- A collection of tutorials. Lightweight, short and user-orientated step by step instructions.
- How Editing Works and the different Edit Types
- A general introduction and detailed descriptions of each type of edit that you can possibly make to MusicBrainz data.
- Advanced Relationships
- The Advanced Relationships documentation and the list of Advanced Relationship Types.
- Advanced Search
- Describes the server-based search (also used by the MusicBrainz Tagger).
- MusicBrainz Terminology
- A collection of all terms the MusicBrainz community uses, what they mean, and wheter there is a wiki page explaining them.
- Release Language
- Describes the assignement of the language and script attribute to releases.
- Picard Documentation
- Documentation of the Picard Tagger, the next generation tagger in development.
- How Annotations Work
- A rudimentary page that explains the Artist Annotation and Release Annotation.
- How Voting Works
- Also quite rudimentary. It explains the decision mechanism of the ModBot.
- Editor Privacy
- Privacy implications of being a MusicBrainz editor.
- Text Search Syntax
- How to use the powerful text search features in MusicBrainz
- Flickr Machine Tag
- How to use flickr tags to refer to MusicBrainz artists, releases, tracks or labels.
Developer Documentation
Software
- Client HOWTO
- Describes the use of libmusicbrainz, and the Client Examples programs.
Discs
- Disc Submission
- An overview of the highly technical content of Disc ID Calculation. (from cd_submission.html and disc.html)
Tagging
- ID3v2.4.0
- Useful links for people wanting to use ID3v2 tags in applications.
- ID3v2 Tags
- A list of some TXXX tags for ID3v2 to toss about and try to "standardize".
- Disc IDs and Tagging
- A short exposé on various tagging standards and their handling of DiscIDs.
- MusicBrainz Tag
- Standardization for MusicBrainz-specific tags. (from metadata_tags.html)
- MusicBrainz Identifier
- As used in standardized MusicBrainzTags. (from id-intro.html)
Server
- Auto-Insert From FreeDB
- Explains how data is automatically entered as FreeDBModerations .
- Server Access Paths
- Explains the various "fixed" ways into the MusicBrainz Server.
- Release Editor Arguments
- Explains the arguments to pre-populate the fields in the release editor.
Various Bug Reports and FeaturePages and the like:
Database
- MusicBrainz Database
- Start page for documentation about the database.
- Panther DB Installation
- Steps to intall PostgreSQL and import MusicBrainz data on Mac OS X 10.3 aka Panther.
- Debian VMWare Database
- HOWTO install the database under Debian running under VMWare.
Other Documentation
- Japanese documentation for MusicBrainz Metadata Initiative 2.1
- Other Databases -- Other music databases which we might try to work with
- Links To Free Creative Commons License Music
- MusicBrainz Summits