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 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.
Special identifiers
There are some special identifiers used by MusicBrainz.
89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377is an artist ID used to represent Various Artists.1c6c63fb-f9af-4669-92c5-a1594671766ais an artist ID used to represent an artist not in the MusicBrainz Database.
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.
