Terminology

Status: Semi-official, but in desperate need of cleanup before it can be truly official.

Basic MusicBrainz entities

• Artist
  • Artist name
    • Legal name
    • Performance name
  • Artist type
• Release Group
• Release
  • Medium
    • Medium format
  • Release date
• Recording
• Work
• Label
  • Label name
  • Label Code
  • Label country
  • Label type

Many, if not all, of these should be listed underonce they exist, and can be found through the BackLinks on that page.

• AdvancedRelationships
• AdvancedRelationshipType
• AutoEdit
• AutoEditor
• AutoMod => don't use!
• AutoModeration is BadTerminology for AutoEdit
• AutoModerator is BadTerminology for AutoEditor
• BoxSet
• CDStub
• DataTrack
• DiscID
• DiscTitle
• DiscNumber
• EditNote
• EditType
• IndexMarks
• ModerationNote, ModNote are BadTerminology for EditNote
• MultiDiscRelease
• NonAlbumTrack (meaning a single track)
• NonAlbumTracks (meaning the special album)
• PartNumber

• PUID
  • HowPUIDsWork
  • PUIDCollision (by extension) (not sure if it is a valid concept, though. --MartinRudat)

• VariousArtists
• VariousArtistsRelease
• VolumeNumber
• WikiDocsel - Describes the process of making a POWP (plain old wiki page) into a SNWDP (shiny new WikiDocs page) :-)

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For the following terms I suggest that we not use the names as WikiNames but make a page explaining the broader concept: 

• Voting:

• HowVotingWorks

• Editing:

• HowEditingWorks

We also have HowAnnotationsWork and HowMusicBrainzWorks. These should probably be used for detailed explanations, with other WikiNames used for more basic explanations.

Status: Semi-official, but in desperate need of cleanup before it can be truly official.

Basic MusicBrainz entities

• Artist
  • Artist name
    • Legal name
    • Performance name
  • Artist type
• Release Group
• Release
  • Medium
    • Medium format
  • Release date
• Recording
• Work
• Label
  • Label name
  • Label Code
  • Label country
  • Label type

Many, if not all, of these should be listed underonce they exist, and can be found through the BackLinks on that page.

• AdvancedRelationships
• AdvancedRelationshipType
• AutoEdit
• AutoEditor
• AutoMod => don't use!
• AutoModeration is BadTerminology for AutoEdit
• AutoModerator is BadTerminology for AutoEditor
• BoxSet
• CDStub
• DataTrack
• DiscID
• DiscTitle
• DiscNumber
• EditNote
• EditType
• IndexMarks
• ModerationNote, ModNote are BadTerminology for EditNote
• MultiDiscRelease
• NonAlbumTrack (meaning a single track)
• NonAlbumTracks (meaning the special album)
• PartNumber

• PUID
  • HowPUIDsWork
  • PUIDCollision (by extension) (not sure if it is a valid concept, though. --MartinRudat)

• VariousArtists
• VariousArtistsRelease
• VolumeNumber
• WikiDocsel - Describes the process of making a POWP (plain old wiki page) into a SNWDP (shiny new WikiDocs page) :-)

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For the following terms I suggest that we not use the names as WikiNames but make a page explaining the broader concept: 

• Voting:

• HowVotingWorks

• Editing:

• HowEditingWorks

We also have HowAnnotationsWork and HowMusicBrainzWorks. These should probably be used for detailed explanations, with other WikiNames used for more basic explanations.