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These MBIDs are also used in the tagging process by various [[MusicBrainz Tagger]]s. See [[MusicBrainz Tag]] for more detailed information. |
These MBIDs are also used in the tagging process by various [[MusicBrainz Tagger]]s. See [[MusicBrainz Tag]] for more detailed information. |
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==Special identifiers== |
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There are some special identifiers used by MusicBrainz. |
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* <code>89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377</code> is an artist ID used to represent [[Artist:89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377|Various Artists]]. |
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* <code>1c6c63fb-f9af-4669-92c5-a1594671766a</code> is an artist ID used to represent an artist not in the [[MusicBrainz Database]]. |
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==Other identifiers used by MusicBrainz== |
==Other identifiers used by MusicBrainz== |
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Revision as of 08:51, 25 February 2010
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 Identifies (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>.html - Label MBIDs, used to identify a label, use an absolute URI in the form of
http://musicbrainz.org/label/<MBID>.html - Release MBIDs, used to identify a release, use an absolute URI in the form of
http://musicbrainz.org/release/<MBID>.html - Release group MBIDs, used to identify a release group, use an absolute URI in the form of
http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/<MBID>.html - Track MBIDs, used to identify a track, use an absolute URI in the form of
http://musicbrainz.org/track/<MBID>.html
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.
