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# [[/Titles|Titles]]
# [[/Titles|Titles]]
## [[/Titles/Abbreviations|Abbreviations]]
## [[/Titles/Abbreviations|Abbreviations]]
## [[/Titles/Extra title information|Extra title information]]
## [[/Titles/Series numbers|Series numbers]]
## [[/Titles/Series numbers|Series numbers]]
### [[/Titles/Part numbers|Part numbers]]
### [[/Titles/Part numbers|Part numbers]]

Revision as of 21:42, 13 January 2015

This page outlines the official MusicBrainz Style Guidelines.

Getting started

  1. Style principle
    1. Error correction and artist intent
  2. Old style practices

Detailed guidelines

  1. Titles
    1. Abbreviations
    2. Series numbers
      1. Part numbers
      2. Volume numbers
    3. OC ReMix series
    4. Promo Only series
  2. Artist
    1. Sort Name
    2. Aliases
    3. Artist with multiple names
    4. Featured artists
  3. Release group
  4. Release
  5. Recording
  6. Label
  7. Series
  8. Relationships
    1. URLs
      1. Lyrics whitelist
      2. Score whitelist
    2. Don't make relationship clusters
  9. Unknown and untitled
    1. Special Purpose Artist
    2. Special Purpose Label
    3. Special Purpose Track Title
  10. Specific types of releases
    1. Pseudo-Releases
    2. Soundtrack
    3. Musical Theatre
    4. Live bootlegs
    5. Broadcast programs
    6. Audiobooks
  11. Classical music
    1. Release / Release group title
    2. Release / Release group artists
    3. Track titles
    4. Track artists
    5. Recording artists
    6. Works
  12. Miscellaneous

Language specific guidelines

These pages cover guidelines for a particular language and the countries in which the languages are spoken. They primarily cover capitalisation, but also include guidelines for punctuation, transliterations and sortnames.

  1. English guidelines (English in classical music)
  2. Guidelines for transliterations
  3. Catalan
  4. Chinese
  5. Czech
  6. Danish
  7. Dutch and Frisian
  8. Estonian (Estonian in classical music)
  9. Finnish
  10. French
  11. German
  12. Greek
  13. Hebrew
  14. Hungarian
  15. Italian
  16. Japanese
  17. Latin
  18. Latvian
  19. Lithuanian
  20. Norwegian
  21. Polish
  22. Portuguese
  23. Romanian
  24. Russian
  25. Slovak
  26. Spanish (Spanish in classical music)
  27. Swedish
  28. Turkish
  29. Vietnamese
  30. Yiddish


Style
Overview Style Principle · Error correction & Artist intent · Old and/or outdated style practices · Forums · How to propose style changes
Title Style Titles · OC ReMix series
Entities Artist (Sort name) · Release Group · Release · Recording · Work · Series · Place · Event · Aliases · Artist credits
Relationships Relationships · URLs (Lyrics Whitelist)
Classical Classical portal · Release title · Release artist · Track titles · Track artist · Recording artist · Works
Special Cases/Misc. Unknown and untitled entities (Special Purpose Artist, Special Purpose Label, Special Purpose Track Title) · Specific types of releases (Pseudo-Releases, Soundtracks, Theatre, Live bootleg, Broadcast, Audiobooks, Remixes and mashups) · Miscellaneous
Languages English (Classical) · Catalan · Chinese · Czech · Danish · Dutch and Frisian · Estonian (Classical) · Finnish · French · German · Greek · Hebrew · Hungarian · Italian · Japanese · Latin · Latvian · Lithuanian · Norwegian · Polish · Portuguese · Romanian · Russian · Slovak · Spanish (Classical) · Swedish · Turkish · Vietnamese · Yiddish · Transliterations
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